by import2 | March 4, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Mark W. Barker opens Cleveland for season Mark W. Barker of The Interlake Steamship Co. became Cleveland’s first ship of the 2025 season Sunday (3/02/2025) when it arrived to load ore at Cleveland Bulk Terminal. She will be captive in Cleveland for a while running the...
by import2 | March 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 1858: TRENTON (wooden propeller, 134 foot, 240 gross tons, built in 1854, at Montreal, Quebec) burned to a total loss while tied to the mill wharf at Picton, Ontario, in Lake Ontario. The fire was probably caused by carpenters that were renovating her.. 1871...
by import2 | March 3, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Mark W. Barker departure opens season for Interlake Mark W. Barker of the Interlake Steamship Co. left Detroit Sunday morning headed to Cleveland to do shuttle runs of iron ore from the Cleveland Bulk Terminal out at the lake, up the Cuyahoga River and then to the...
by import2 | March 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1880 1880: At midnight on 3 March 1880, DAVID SCOVILLE (wooden propeller steam tug/ferry, 42 foot, 37 gross tons, built in 1875, at Marine City, Mich.) burned at the Grand Trunk Railway wharf at Sarnia, Ontario. Arson was suspected. No lives were lost. 1947 1947: ...
by import2 | March 2, 2025 | Boatnerd News
2025 “Know Your Ships” launches The new shipping season is at hand, and so is the release of the 2025 edition of Know Your Ships, the popular annual field guide to boats and boatwatching on the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Seaway, now in its 66th year. Preorders are...
