by import2 | February 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1885 1885: On 06 February 1885, Capt. William Bridges of Bay City and A. C. Mc Lean of East Saginaw purchased the steamer D.W. POWERS (wooden propeller freighter, 140 foot, 303 gross tons, built in 1871, at Marine City, Michigan) for the lumber trade. This vessel had...
by import2 | February 5, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Firefighters extinguish fire on docked Frontenac Sturgeon Bay, WI – Firefighters from multiple departments in Door County responded to a fire on the bulk carrier Frontenac at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding around noon Tuesday. The fire reportedly occurred while cleaning...
by import2 | February 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: February 5, 1870 – Captain William H. Le Fleur of the Pere Marquette carferry fleet, known as “the Bear” was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1972 1972: CHRISTIANE SCHULTE, a West German Seaway trader, went aground at Khidhes Island,...
by import2 | February 4, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Frontenac fire has been contained A fire aboard the Canada Steamship Lines’ motor vessel Frontenac at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, has been contained. Multiple fire departments responded to the Tuesday early afternoon call. The fire is...
by import2 | February 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: The Port Huron Weekly Times reported that “a Montreal company has purchased all the standing timber on Walpole Island Indian Reservation [on the St. Clair River…] A large force of men are employed in hewing, cutting and delivering the same on the banks of...
