Summary
In 1887 the schooner Frank C. Leighton, carrying iron ore, became stranded on the west side of Beaver Island. The December 1961 Beaver Beacon says the Beaver Island station keeper and volunteer crew saved the vessel.1
Evidence and limits
The source says “west side of Beaver” and does not identify a named beach, point, or reef. This is therefore modeled as a stranding and rescue at island level, not as a wreck or a precisely located casualty. The account is a later local retrospective rather than a contemporary report.
Open questions
- What was the precise date and location of the stranding?
- Which keeper and volunteer fishermen carried out the rescue, and what became of the vessel afterward?
See also
Sources
Footnotes
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Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “The Changing Face of Beaver Island.” ↩
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “The Changing Face of Beaver Island.”Retrospective says the schooner Frank C. Leighton, carrying iron ore, became stranded on the west side of Beaver Island in 1887 and was saved by the station keeper and volunteer crew.