Boatnerd News – August 31, 2024

Boatnerd News – August 31, 2024

Federal Thunder Bay visits namesake port The newly-built Fednav saltie Federal Thunder Bay (2023 Marshall Islands) made her first visit to Thunder Bay Terminals in the Port of Thunder Bay, ON,  on August 27, 2024. Tugs Glenada (1943) and Point Valour (1958) provided...
Port Report  August 31, 2024

Port Report August 31, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Friday, August 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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – August 31

Today in Great Lakes History – August 31

1852 The U.S. Congress passed an act requiring the president to appoint three officers from the Navy, three engineers from the Army, and two civilian scientists to constitute the new Lighthouse Board. The Bureau of Lighthouses succeeded the Lighthouse Board in 1910....
Port Report  August 30, 2024

Port Report August 30, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Thursday, August 29, 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 – August 30

Today in Great Lakes History – August 30

1873 CAMBRIDGE (three-masted wooden schooner; 162 feet; 445 tons; built in 1868 at Detroit, MI) was bound from Marquette, MI, for Cleveland, OH, with a load of iron ore. In rough seas, she was thrown onto the rocky shore near Marquette, where she broke up. No lives...