Port Report  March 11, 2025

Port Report March 11, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Monday March 10.  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 11

Today in Great Lakes History – March 11

1886 1886:  The tug RIVER QUEEN was sold to Ed Recor of St. Clair, Michigan on 11 March 1886. 1904 1904:  The wooden-hull Lake Erie car ferry SHENANGO NO. 1 caught fire and burned following an engine room explosion on March 11, 1904. The vessel had been frozen in the...
Boatnerd News – March 10, 2025

Boatnerd News – March 10, 2025

Ice-clearing activities along the St. Lawrence River Ice-clearing activities will begin on or about March 15, 2025, throughout the St. Lawrence River, including the area between the Eisenhower and Snell Locks in preparation for the Seaway’s upcoming navigation season....
Port Report  March 10, 2025

Port Report March 10, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Sunday March 9.  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 10

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 10

1881 1881:  On 10 March 1881, the propellers MORLEY and A. L. HOPKINS were purchased by the Wabash Railroad Company from the Morley Brothers of Marine City, Michigan. 1884 1884:  The N. K. FAIRBANK (wooden freighter, 205 foot, 980 gross tons, built in 1874, at Marine...