by import2 | May 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1839 1839: On 04 May 1839, ATLAS (wooden schooner, built in 1836, at Dexter, New York) was carrying building stone from Chaumont Bay to Oswego, New York, when she foundered 6 miles from Oswego. The steamer TELEGRAPH rushed out of Oswego to assist her but only found...
by import2 | May 3, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Soo Locks Visitor Center opens up for 2025 season The Soo Locks Visitor Center, located inside the Soo Locks Canal Park on Portage Avenue, officially opened at 10 a.m. Thursday for the 2025 season. The Algoma Harvester freighter welcomed those to opening day as it...
by import2 | May 3, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday May 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 | May 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1840 1840: On 3 May 1840, CHAMPLAIN (wooden side-wheeler, 225 tons, built in 1832, at Chippewa, Ontario) was carrying general merchandise when a storm drove her ashore four miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan. Although abandoned, she was later recovered and rebuilt....
by import2 | May 2, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Museum Ship Schoonmaker, Tug Ohio Now Open for Season TOLEDO, OH – The National Museum of the Great Lakes is thrilled to announce the reopening of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship and Museum Tug Ohio for the 2025 season today, Thursday, May 1st. We are...
