Vessel
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingfishingheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Mary Margaret is named in the November 1968 Beaver Beacon as the mail boat tied at the old Booth Fish Dock during the November 11, 1940 storm. As the water rose and the dock began to fail, its crew fired the boat and cast off to ride out the storm in the harbor.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-qualified vessel record. It does not establish registry, dimensions, owner, operator, or whether it is the same vessel as the separately qualified Mary Margaret named in the 1945 East Jordan FFA outing report.
See also
- Armistice Day storm at Beaver Island (1940)
- Mary Margaret (1945 Beaver Island FFA outing)
- Commercial fishing
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 1968, “Beaver Tales.”Names the Mary Margaret as the mail boat tied at the old Booth Fish Dock, says its crew fired it up and cast off to run out the storm in the harbor, and supplies no registry or technical details.