Beaver Island Michigan

Thanks, Rich, for posting the Charlevoix-Beaver Island history this week. You often have some very nice material to offer the rest of us. Dorothy Evans

Jerry,
Belated best wishes for your birthday on Friday. You are an inspiration to all who know you and you are much loved by all of us. I'm glad that Betsy and Paul could be there with you this weekend. Hugs,
Cousin Dorothy

It was a real surprise to read in the Little Traverse Conservancy Magazine about the future use of the former Coast Guard boathouse at Beaver Island as a Great Lakes research vessel base. What a wonderful use of that facility and a real boost to our environment here in the Great Lakes.

:shock: Please don't let the fence people in on the Mackinac Island possibilities....... let alone the terrorists. You are right, cousin, we can only smile remembering the good old days as children, when we could hop on our bikes and go freely down to meet the Beaver Island mailboat as she docked. W...

Hi, Laura.
The" Homeland Security on Beaver Island" article, by David Broder, was in the NorthernIslander issue, October,20, taken from the Washington Post. Dorothy

:D David Broder is one of my favorite editorial writers and I was very pleased to read his article about the security fences at the docks both at Beaver Island and Charlevoix. It is good to know that this article was printed in the Washington Post since Homeland Security is short on funds.Beaver Isl...

:o [/b]I was pleased to read in your forum the interest people have about the Mary Margaret, the mailboat that ran from Charlevoix to Beaver Island from 1937 to 1948. My parents were the owners of that ship and my father, Captain Le Roy Allers was her captain. Her crew consisted of Lawrence Feindt, ...