by import2 | August 16, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
Unknown The captain of the two-year-old, 125-foot wooden schooner barge JOHN F. RITCHIE brought his wife, two other women, and several small children as guests on a voyage from Bay City, Michigan, to Buffalo, New York. The RITCHIE was one of a string of four barges...
by import2 | August 15, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Detroit’s Detroit River Cruise tickets now on sale to public Ticket sales for the annual Marine Historical Society of Detroit’s Detroit River Cruise, scheduled for Saturday, September 7, from 1-4 p.m. aboard the the Diamond Jack River Tours boat DIAMOND QUEEN,...
by import2 | August 15, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, August 14, 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 15, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 1856: The WELLAND (sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger-package freight, 145 feet, 300 tons, built in 1853 at St. Catharines, Ontario) burned to a total loss at her dock at Port Dalhousie, Ontario. She was owned by Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railroad Co. 1873...
by import2 | August 14, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Down Slightly in July CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 5.7 million tons in July, a decrease of less than one percent compared to a year ago. Shipments were above the month’s 5-year average by 6.9 percent....
