by import2 | August 19, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday, August 18, 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 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 1865: The PEWABIC, Captain George P. McKay, was downbound on Lake Huron when she was rammed by her sister ship, METEOR. The PEWABIC sank with an estimated loss of 125 lives and a cargo of copper ingots, ore, and hides valued at $500,000. 1868 1868: The...
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by import2 | August 18, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Badger Cancels Crossing 8/18/2024 Due to forecasted weather conditions, Lake Michigan Carferry has cancelled the overnight crossing (August 18, 8:45 pm EST) from Ludington, MI. This will also impact passengers scheduled to depart from Manitowoc, WI (August 19, 1:30 am...
by import2 | August 18, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday, August 17, 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 18, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT (wooden schooner, 114 feet, 213 tons, built in 1852 at Black River, Ohio) was carrying lumber from Menominee to Chicago when she sprang a leak during a gale and capsized off Spider Island near Death’s Door on Lake Michigan. The crew...
