by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Raffle winner for S.S. Alpena trip announced William Meyers of Traverse City, MI, is the lucky winner of the trip on the steamer Alpena that was being raffled off by the International Shipmasters’ Association. His name was picked during the annual Grand Lodge...
by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1899 1899: On 03 February 1899, the steamer GEORGE FARWELL (wooden propeller freighter, 182 foot, 977 gross tons, built in 1895, at Marine City, Michigan) burned while laid up near Montreal, Quebec. She had just been taken from the Great Lakes by her new owners, the...
by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1913 1913: The wooden passenger and freight carrier MANITOU sustained fire damage at Owen Sound and sank at the dock. The vessel was refloated, repaired and operated to the end of the 1939 season. 1939 1939: February 2, 1939 – CHIEF WAWATAM went to the...
by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: On 01 February 1871, the SKYLARK (wooden propeller steamer, 90 tons, built in 1857) was purchased by the Goodrich Transportation Company from Thomas L. Parker for $6,000. 1883 1883: The steamer R. J. GORDON was sold to M. K. Muir of Detroit on 1 February...
by import2 | February 1, 2025 | Boatnerd News
U.S. Shipping Companies Invest $150 Million in Great Lakes Region CLEVELAND – With winter in full swing, the U.S.-flagged fleet of Lakers have tied up in ports across the Great Lakes region to perform critical maintenance before the navigational locks in Sault Ste...
