by import2 | June 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 1872: Fire broke out aboard the passenger steamer KINGSTON about 18 miles upstream after the ship had left Brockville for Toronto. The ship was beached and the superstructure was destroyed but there were only two casualties. The hull was rebuilt at Montreal and...
by import2 | June 10, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Make Your Plans Now for Soo Boatnerd Picnic, Freighter-Chasing Cruise Join us for the Annual Boatnerd Picnic and Freighter-Chasing Cruise on the St. Marys River during the annual Engineers Day weekend at Sault Ste. Marie June 27-38. Find details on both events...
by import2 | June 10, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday, June 9, 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 | June 10, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1877: On 10 June 1877, while lying at her dock at Detroit, the wooden side-wheeler R N RICE burned. The damage was estimated at $30,000. After this fire, she was rebuilt as a barge. 1878: The propeller MONTGOMERY burned in the early morning hours of 10 June 1878....
by import2 | June 9, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Michipicoten arrives at Thunder Bay after Lake Superior Incident LAKE SUPERIOR – A situation Saturday morning on western Lake Superior that could have had a tragic ending concluded instead with the safe arrival of the motor vessel Michipicoten at Thunder Bay,...
