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Beaver Island Marine Museum, Beaver Island, MI
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Beaver Island Marine Museum

A Beaver Island museum in a 1906 net shed that covers the harbor's fishing and shipping past, shipwrecks, and island boatbuilding.

26275 Main Street, Beaver Island, MI 49782 · Beaver Island, MI

About Beaver Island Marine Museum

Run by the Beaver Island Historical Society, this museum sits in a net shed dating to 1906 at St. James Harbor. Its collection recalls the years when the harbor buzzed with fishing boats, freight traffic, and Great Lakes captains. Exhibits describe local disasters and the rescue efforts of the Coast Guard and Lighthouse Service. Visitors can see shipbuilding material, island vessel histories, diving history, and information on the nearby Beaver Archipelago. Displays include a lifeboat from the Carl D. Bradley, a shipwreck salvage forge, a ship's engine telegraph, commercial fishing half models, and a restored wooden gill-net boat that visitors may board.

  • #Great Lakes maritime history
  • #shipwrecks
  • #commercial fishing
  • #net shed
  • #Beaver Island

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