Name: Wendy Anne completes its refit and reaches Beaver Island, 2008
Start: 2008-08-07
End: 2008-09-02
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2008-08-07 – 2008-09-02
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationconstructioncommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island · place/lake-michigan

Summary

Matt and Wendy Fogg transformed a surplus 75-foot Army tug into the Wendy Anne. After its July 2008 launch and August 7 departure from the East Coast, the family and crew traveled through New York, the Erie and Welland Canals, the Great Lakes, and arrived at Beaver Island on September 2.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper feature, not a vessel registry, shipyard file, or complete navigation log.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "New Member Of Beaver Islands Floating Stock-The Wendy Anne," September 2, 2008.
A contemporaneous community post reported the Fogg family's arrival at Beaver Island after a roughly 1,000-nautical-mile route from New Bedford through the Hudson, Erie, and Welland canals. It is a participant/community account and does not replace a vessel registry or navigation log.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001250
Beaver Beacon, November 2008, "The Tug Wendy Anne."
Profiles Matt and Wendy Fogg’s purchase and reconstruction of a 75-foot Army tug, its July christening and August 7 departure, Erie Canal and Great Lakes voyage, and September 2 arrival back at Beaver Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, November 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the tug feature.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Wendy Anne completes its refit and reaches Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wendy-anne-maiden-voyage-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "New Member Of Beaver Islands Floating Stock-The Wendy Anne," September 2, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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