- Date
- 2017-07
- Kind
- Damage report
- Where
- Hannigan’s to Wagner Campground
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructurerecreationweatherpublic-safety
- Within
- Hannigan’s to Wagner Campground
Summary
In July 2017, a resident reported that heavy winds and waves had washed out the Wagner Campground public boat launch, leaving an approximately 12-inch drop-off described as unsafe. The post directed boaters to use the public launch in town instead.
Evidence limits
This record preserves a contemporaneous resident report, not an independent engineering inspection or official closure. The archive does not establish the extent of damage, the repair date, or whether the launch was formally closed.
Sources
- A resident reported that heavy winds and waves had washed out the launch and left an approximately 12-inch drop-off, advising boaters to use the public launch in town. This is a single first-person condition report; no inspection, repair record, or official closure notice is held here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011932
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Storm damage reported at Wagner Campground boat launch, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wagner-campground-boat-launch-washout-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Wagner Boat Launch Unsafe,” July 2017..
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