Vessel
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- Modern era
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Summary
The Nellie was the first steam vessel documented in the held local history as serving the Charlevoix–Beaver Island mail and passenger run. A February 1973 Beaver Beacon retrospective says Captain Peter D. Campbell owned and captained her and that her small size and carrying capacity led him to acquire the Eric L. Hackley. The Clarke Historical Library subject cards date the first passenger vessel on the route to 1895 and give the Nellie a length of 60 feet.
The sources do not establish the builder, official number, propulsion details, or exact date when the vessel left the route.
Open questions
- What were the Nellie’s builder, registry, and official dimensions?
- Was the 1895 vessel the same Nellie described in later local accounts, and when was it retired?
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 1973, “Beaver Tales.”Local retrospective identifies the Nellie as the first steam vessel on the Charlevoix–Beaver run, owned and captained by Peter Campbell, and says it was soon replaced because of its small size and carrying capacity.
- Helen Collar Papers, “Ships and Boats,” Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, retrieved in the local web capture.Subject-card chronology dates the first passenger vessel on the island mail route to 1895 and gives its length as 60 feet, while identifying the vessel as the Nellie.web · collar_subject_cards_q-z