Boatnerd News – August 22, 2024

Boatnerd News – August 22, 2024

National Museum of the Great Lakes Second Wave Capital Campaign Nears Completion Toledo, OH – The National Museum of the Great Lakes is entering a new chapter as its Second Wave expansion project progresses. With the foundation set and structural build underway, the...
Port Report  August 22, 2024

Port Report August 22, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, August 21, 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 22

Today in Great Lakes History – August 22

1863 WILLIAM S. BULL (wooden propeller steam tug, 16 tons, built in 1861 at Buffalo, New York) waterlogged and went down in a storm 40 miles east of Erie, Pennsylvania. She was in the company of the tug G.W. GARDNER and the canal boat M.E. PAINE, who saved her crew....
Boatnerd News – August 21, 2024

Boatnerd News – August 21, 2024

Sailor, cookbook author Catherine Schmuck to offer lecture at Toledo Join the National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo, OH, for the first presentation of the 2024 Fall Lecture Series presented by Larry & Karen Bettcher. Offered as a hybrid event, participants...
Port Report  August 21, 2024

Port Report August 21, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, August 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 ...