Port Report December 15, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Saturday, December 14, 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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 15

Today in Great Lakes History – December 15

1876 1876:  Below is a winter lay-up list as published in the Port Huron Times on 15 December 1876. At Port Huron — Steam barges: ABERCORN, BIRKHEAD, BAY CITY, H D COFFINBURY, WILLIAM COWIE, N K FAIRBANK, GERMANIA, GEORGE KING, V H KETCHUM, MARY MILL, MARY...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 14

Today in Great Lakes History – December 14

1883 1883:  On 14 December 1883, MARY ANN HULBERT (wooden schooner-barge, 62 gross tons, built in 1873, at Bayfield, Wisconsin) was carrying railroad workers and supplies in tow of the steamer KINCADINE in a storm on Lake Superior. She was sailing from Port Arthur for...

Boatnerd News – December 14, 2024

St. Lawrence Seaway to close Jan. 10 The St. Lawrence Seaway has begun the process of shutting down for the 2024 shipping season. The Seaway system, which includes the Welland Canal and its eight locks in Port Colborne, Thorold and St. Catharines, began the shutdown...

Port Report December 14, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Friday, December 13, 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 ...