Port Report  March 21, 2025

Port Report March 21, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday March 20.  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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History –  March 21

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 21

1853 1853:  On 21 March 1853, GENERAL SCOTT (wooden side-wheeler, 105 foot, 64 tons, built in 1852, at Saginaw, Michigan) was tied up to her dock on the Saginaw River when she was crushed beyond repair by ice that flowed down the river during the spring breakup. One...
Boatnerd News – March 20, 2025

Boatnerd News – March 20, 2025

VanEnkevort tug/barge will open Soo Locks season at 8 a.m. Friday UPDATE: Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader reported inbound at DeTour at 8 a.m. Arrival time at the locks is unknown due to ice conditions. Sault Ste Marie, MI – Three vessels from the VanEnkevort Tug...
Port Report  March 20, 2025

Port Report March 20, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday March 19.  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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History –  March 20

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 20

1878 1878:  The sidewheeler NEW YORK was sold Canadian in 1877, hopefully at a bargain price, because when she was hauled out on the ways on 20 March 1878, at Rathburn’s yard in Kingston, Ontario, to have her boiler removed, her decayed hull fell apart and could...