by import2 | June 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1859 1859: On 4 June 1859, GENERAL HOUSTON (2-mast wooden schooner, 83 foot, 123 tons, built in 1844, at French Creek, New York) was bound from Port Huron for Buffalo with a load of lumber. During a terrific gale, she missed the mouth of the Grand River near...
by import2 | June 3, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Pocket Watch from Deadly Shipwreck Returns Home 165 Years Later: ‘Truly a Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery’ Belonging to the late British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram, the historic item was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan By Brian Anthony Hernandez ...
by import2 | June 3, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday June 2. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | June 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: On 3 June 1870, T.F. PARK (wooden side-wheeler, 170 foot, 450 tons, built in 1851, at Chatham, Ontario) caught fire and burned to the waterline at the dock near the Detroit & Milwaukee Grain Elevator at Detroit, Michigan. The hull was later removed...
by import2 | June 2, 2025 | Boatnerd News
American Integrity undergoing repairs at Duluth American Steamship Co.’s 1,000-footer American Century pulled in next to her sistership American Integrity Friday at the Ash Grove cement dock in Duluth. The loaded Integrity will discharge some of her cargo into the...
