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Last month, the Beaver Island Boat Company announced it would be delaying its seasonal opening due to its vessels needing maintenance.
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This week, the Up North Lowdown is all about where you look: at a dark patch of sky, upward from the path of totality, in a vernal pool deep in the woods, or into yourself for exactly the right words.
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Beaver Island joins the likes of the Pitcairn Islands, New Zealand and Montana’s Medicine Rocks as one of the best places in the world to see the stars.
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Michigan has been awarded $10 million in federal funding to help construct the vessel. That’s on top of the nearly $6.6 million announced for the project in January.
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Two ferries currently service the island. One vessel is more than 60 years old. The other was built in 1997.
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In the 1800s, displaced residents from an island off the coast of Ireland emigrated to Beaver Island.
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William Julian played a big role in supporting the next generation of northern Michigan pilots. He was one of the victims in a plane crash on Beaver Island recently.
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Officials say the plane appears to have crashed nose-first near the intersection of the island airport's two runways.
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Baroque on Beaver executive director Matthew Thomas spoke with Classical IPR about this summer's festival.