by import2 | September 13, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday, September 12, 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 | September 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The bark S.D. POMEROY was anchored off Menominee, MI, during a storm. Archie Dickie, James Steele, John Davidson, and James Mechie were seen lowering the yawl to go to shore. Later, the empty yawl drifted ashore, and then the bodies of all four men floated in....
by import2 | September 12, 2024 | Boatnerd News
More drama at the Straits: Arnold Transit name to return St. Ignace, MI – There’s another major shake-up in the ferry industry in the Straits of Mackinac announced just after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Co. will be rebranded and will...
by import2 | September 12, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, September 11, 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 | September 12, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 After an extremely dry summer, forests were burning all over the Great Lakes region in the autumn of 1871. The smoke from these fires affected navigation. Newspaper reports on this date stated that 38 ships and four strings of barges anchored near Point Pelee on...
