- Date
- 1965-07-03
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationtourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Captain Lawrence McDonough reported that the Beaver Islander carried 185 passengers on one trip on July 3, 1965. The figure appears in the July issue’s opening account of a busy summer season.
Evidence and limits
This is a reported operating statistic, not a surviving passenger manifest, ticket count, route log, or independently verified capacity record.
Sources
- Reports Captain Lawrence McDonough’s statement that the Beaver Islander carried 185 passengers on one trip on July 3. It does not provide a manifest, ticket count, route log, capacity specification, or independent passenger record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islander reports 185 passengers on one July trip, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-islander-record-passenger-trip-july-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1965, opening passenger report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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