Discover Beaver Island
America's Emerald Isle
&
International Dark Sky Sanctuary
Explore Beaver island
The largest island in Lake Michigan, Beaver Island hosts many activities for every nature lover. The year round population is approximately 600 – with a large percentage of Irish descent. Time slows down here, offering a peaceful, relaxed way of life. Tour the Island by bicycle, or bring your car over on the ferry or rent a car to circle the Island in an afternoon.
Things To Do And See On Beaver Island
Dark Skies
Because of our location in the middle of northern Lake Michigan Beaver Island is one of the finest dark skies star gazing locations in the United States. We are far away from the light pollution of any large metro areas.
Island Webcam
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Water Trail
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Friends of Beaver Island
BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN:
Unspoiled — Unhurried —
Unmatched in Natural Beauty!
Dear Friends and Valued Customers,
If my first post was difficult for me to post, this one is harder. Our staff and vendors have worked so hard for many long hours and we are down to the final stretch. Both engines have run and are running well. They have not run while connected to the transmissions. They still need to be tested under a load in the lake. We had planned to do test runs tomorrow afternoon, but that has had to be pushed back. When you rebuild engines and transmissions and disconnect them from the shafts, they all have to be realigned within very tight tolerances. Unfortunately, when everything was put all back together, we are just outside of those tolerances and it is not worth risking a mechanical failure later down the line. We operated the last week under the plan to run on Monday the 15th, so I made a call to proceed in that direction and to reschedule all missed reservation. Everything had to go right and unfortunately it did not. The alignment vendor will continue to work thru the weekend to get things correct.
The Beaver Islander is already in Escanaba on the drydock and repairs have already started.
Until we have completed our test run, I cannot make any additional predictions on our start date. You can have non-perishable freight dropped off that is already scheduled and we will store it if needed. Vehicles scheduled to go to the Island can be parked in our lot and we can Valet them down when we are running. Just check in at our office.
Once again, this was a ton of work in a very short window. I understand your frustration, concern, anger and disappointment. We have had a great track record over the last 20 years even added departures during the challenging times of COVID. I hope that our track record is good enough that you can grant us just a bit more patience as we work thru these last hurdles.
Tim McQueer
President
Beaver Island Boat Company
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Everyone appreciates the time and attention to detail being spent on this very big and important project. Thank you for the updates!
Hang in there! I think most will understand.
Hope everything  comes together so you can get your season going
Beaver Island Community Calendar
The Beaver Island Community Calendar is maintained by WVBI. Content here is included in WVBI’s weekday on-air Community Calendar report at 9, noon, 3 and 6. These events are also shown on the digital displays around town and across as well as in previews for movies at the BIC Center. Want digital signage at your business or rental? Learn more here.
NOTE: This version of the calendar does not include community board and governance meetings or other events not likely to be of interest to visitors. To see those or to view more than the events for the next two weeks shown below, visit the full WVBI Community Calendar.
