by import2 | July 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 The scow DIXIE burned during the night while lying at Kenyon’s dock in East China Township on the St. Clair River. 1877 At the end of June 1877, the ferry MYRTLE began running between Port Huron and Sarnia. However, on this date, The Port Huron Times...
by import2 | July 19, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday, July 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 | July 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1831 The wooden schooner HENRY CLAY was carrying 800 barrels of salt and passengers from Oswego, New York, to the Welland Canal on her maiden voyage when she capsized in a squall and sank about 10 miles off Port Dalhousie, Ontario, on Lake Ontario. About 11 persons...
by import2 | July 18, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, July 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 | July 18, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 ANDROMEDA (two-mast wooden schooner, 112 feet, 568 tons, built in 1848 at Madison Dock, Ohio) was carrying 800 barrels of salt from Oswego to Chicago. She sprang a leak suddenly and foundered 20 miles from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The crew escaped in her boat, many...
