Port Report  October 27, 2024

Port Report October 27, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Saturday, October 26, 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 – October 27

Today in Great Lakes History – October 27

1854 October 27, 1854 – Well-known Pere Marquette carferry captain Joseph “Joe” Russell was born in Greenfield, Wisconsin. 1869 On October 27, 1869, ALFRED ALLEN (wooden schooner, 160 tons, built in 1853, at Pultneyville, New Jersey, as J. J. MORLEY)...
Boatnerd News – October 26, 2024

Boatnerd News – October 26, 2024

New research boat being built to help gather fish data in Great Lakes CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, MI – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources gathers fish population data across the Great Lakes. Soon, the research center in Charlevoix will have a new and improved boat to...
Port Report  October 26, 2024

Port Report October 26, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Friday, October 25, 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 – October 26

Today in Great Lakes History – October 26

1851 On October 26, 1851, ATLAS (wooden propeller, 153 foot, 375 tons, built in 1851, at Buffalo, New York) was carrying flour from Detroit to Buffalo when she was blown to shore near the mouth of the Grand River (Lorain, Ohio) by a gale, stranded and became a total...