by import2 | July 23, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Bill Shepler, co-founder of Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry, dies at 92 MACKINAW CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — Bill Shepler, the co-founder of Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry, has died at the age of 92. Bill’s son Chris Shepler, who is the...
by import2 | July 23, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday, July 22, 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 | July 23, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1878 H.R. PRESTON (wooden quarterdeck canal boat built in 1877 at Oneida Lake, New York) was carrying 250 tons of ashes from Picton, Ontario, to Oswego, New York, in tow of the tug ALANSON SUMNER along with three other canal boats when they encountered a storm on Lake...
by import2 | July 22, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday, July 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 ...
by import2 | July 22, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 The M.I. MILLS (wooden propeller tug, 122 feet, 152 tons, built in 1867 at Marine City, Michigan), which sank in a collision with the bark UNADILLA on May 9, 1873, was found in 90 feet of water in Lake Huron off Sand Beach, Michigan. Plans were made to raise her...
