by import2 | August 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 CHARTER (wooden propeller vessel, 132 feet, 197 tons, built in 1849 at Huron, Ohio as a sidewheeler) was bound from Cleveland for Buffalo with flour, oats, and rye. She swamped and sank in a storm 6 miles above Fairport, Ohio. By the end of August, she had been...
by import2 | August 20, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Canadian rail strike could have major impact on grain, Seaway THUNDER BAY — If Canada’s railways are shut down by a strike or lockout this week, the impact on the Port of Thunder Bay will be significant. “We’re obviously concerned. It would cause...
by import2 | August 20, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday, August 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 | August 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 ATLANTIC (wooden sidewheeler, 267 feet, 1,155 tons, built in 1849 at Detroit, Michigan) was loaded with immigrants when she collided with the propeller freighter OGDENSBURG and quickly sank south of Long Point on Lake Erie at about 2:30 a.m. Of the 600 on board,...
by import2 | August 19, 2024 | Boatnerd News
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...
