by import2 | November 21, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, November 20, 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 | November 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1861 .1861: On 21 November 1861, ENTERPRISE (2-mast wooden scow-schooner, 64 foot, 56 tons, built in 1854, at Port Huron, Michigan) was driven ashore near Bark Shanty at the tip of Michigan’s thumb on Lake Huron. The storm waves pounded her to pieces. Her...
by import2 | November 20, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Toledo museum celebrates the Christmas Tree Ship’s legacy On November 23, 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons sank while carrying Christmas trees. Known as the Christmas Tree Ship, its captain, Herman E. Schuenemann (a.k.a. “Captain Santa”), was known for giving...
by import2 | November 20, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, November 19, 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 | November 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1854 1854: On 20 November 1854, BURLINGTON (2-mast wooden brig, 80 foot, 117 tons, built in 1842, at Cleveland, Ohio) was driven hard aground near Port Bruce, Ontario, on Lake Huron while trying to assist the stranded Canadian bark GLOBE. 1871 1871: On 20 Nov. 1871,...
