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Community photographs — public Facebook groups and pages2017-06-09-1692758704087368

Posted to Beaver Island Boat Company (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Boat Company on 2017-06-09 13:56:58

White passenger ferry with a dark green stripe and shamrock emblem beside a pier.

Posted to Beaver Island Boat Company (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Boat Company on 2017-06-09 13:56:58. Caption as posted: "The Emerald Isle sporting a fresh coat of paint. She's ready for the busy summer ahead! #RidetheBoat (📸: Ron Marsh)"

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A large white passenger ferry is viewed broadside on calm water beside a concrete pier. The vessel has a dark green stripe along the hull, multiple decks and rows of windows, and a shamrock emblem on its upper structure. A wooden piling and yellow railing appear in the foreground beneath an overcast sky.

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EMERALD ISLE

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Not observed in the image — supplied by the archive's own catalogue, and repeated here so the two stay distinguishable.

The catalogue record identifies the vessel as the Emerald Isle and says the image was posted to the Beaver Island Boat Company Facebook page on 2017-06-09. The record credits the photograph to Ron Marsh and gives the caption: “The Emerald Isle sporting a fresh coat of paint. She's ready for the busy summer ahead! #RidetheBoat.”

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Community source, no stated terms; published non-commercially with attribution and a link to the original post.

Credit this to Individual posters, credited per image when you use it.

Why this archive publishes it. Public Facebook groups and pages run by island organisations and residents. Each item credits the poster by name and links to the original post. Removal on request.

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Individual posters, credited per image
Collection
Community photographs — public Facebook groups and pages
Original
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1692758704087368&set=pb.100029671343353.-2207520000
Copy taken
2025-09-29
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MasterJPEG649 × 640 px66 KB7c5226643ad8…

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“Posted to Beaver Island Boat Company (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Boat Company on 2017-06-09 13:56:58”. Individual posters, credited per image. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/photograph/2017-06-09-1692758704087368/. copy retrieved 2025-09-29.

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