Boatnerd News – November 13, 2025

A fourth new foreign ocean-going vessel is coming to the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes network relatively soon  You’re not dreaming. A fourth new foreign ocean vessel is coming to the Maritime/Grand Lakes network relatively soon. All but one are registered in...

Port Report – November 13, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday November 12.  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 – November 13

1865 1865:   On 13 November 1865, CLARA PARKER (3-mast wooden schooner, 175 foot, 425 gross tons, built in 1865, at Detroit, Michigan) was fighting a losing battle with storm induced leaks, so she was beached 400 yards off shore near the mouth of the Pigeon River,...

Boatnerd News – November 12, 2025

Thousands attend Edmund Fitzgerald 50th memorial ceremony at Whitefish Point    WHITEFISH POINT, NMI – Thousands of people gathered at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point on a windswept section of Lake Superior on Monday, Nov. 10 to mark the 50th...

Port Report – November 12, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Tuesday November 11.  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 ...