by import2 | January 1, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1900 1900: January 1, 1900 – The Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad merged with the Chicago & West Michigan and the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroads to form the Pere Marquette Railway Co. 1930 1930: On 1 January 1930, HELEN TAYLOR (wooden...
by import2 | December 31, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Win a trip on the Alpena Information on the billing in the gallery below MHSD’s Ahoy & Farewell III book documents 30 years of laker history Ahoy & Farewell III, the third installment of the Marine Historical...
by import2 | December 31, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday, December 30, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | December 31, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1884 1884: On 31 December 1884, ADMIRAL (wooden propeller steam tug, 49 gross tons, built in 1883, at Chicago, Ill.) had her boiler explode in Chicago harbor. All four of the crew was killed. 1884: The PERE MARQUETTE NO 1 ran aground at Ludington, Mich. 1889 1889: ...
by import2 | December 30, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Federal Biscay closes saltie season at Duluth DULUTH, MN – The 2024 Great Lakes shipping season is coming to a close. The Federal Biscay left Duluth-Superior Saturday as the last oceangoing departure of the 2024 navigation season. “It’s our way of being able to help...
