Port Report – December 5, 2025

Port Report – December 5, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday December 4.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
Today in Great Lakes History –  December 5

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 5

1857 1857:  The wooden 100-foot schooner BRILLIANT was close to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on 5 December 1857, where she was scheduled to pick up a load of lumber when she went on a reef close to shore and sank. No lives were lost. 1874 1874:  On 5 December 1874, the steam...
Boatnerd News – December 4, 2025

Boatnerd News – December 4, 2025

Lake Erie shipwreck spotted off Kingsville, Ont., uncovered by strong winds    KINGSVILLE, ON  – Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have laid bare Lake Erie shoreline not often seen. But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen...
Port Report – December 4, 2025

Port Report – December 4, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday December 3.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 4

Today in Great Lakes History – December 4

1838 1838:  On 4 December 1838, THAMES (wooden passenger/package-freight side-wheeler, 80 foot, 160 tons, built in 1833, at Chatham, Ontario) was burned at her dock in Windsor, Ontario by Canadian “patriots” during a raid on Windsor involving more than 500...