Port Report  May 30, 2024

Port Report May 30, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, May 29, 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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – May 30

Today in Great Lakes History – May 30

.1874:   During the economic depression known as the “Panic of ’73”, shipbuilding came to a standstill. Orders for new vessels were cancelled and worked was stopped on hulls that were on the ways. On 30 May 1874, the Port Huron Times reported that a...
Boatnerd News – May 29, 2024

Boatnerd News – May 29, 2024

Tour Grosse Ile North Range Lighthouse Sept. 8   Sunday, September 8th, from Noon to 3:00 PM (Noon, 1:30pm and 3pm) Take one of our three tours of the 1906 Island Lighthouse.  The Lighthouse is only accessible this one time of the year.  The bus ride (there is no...

Port Report May 29, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, May 28, 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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – May 29

Today in Great Lakes History – May 29

1889:   On 29 May 1889, BAVARIA (3-mast wooden schooner-barge, 145 foot, 376 gross tons, built in 1873, at Garden Island, Ontario) was carrying squared timber when she broke from the tow of the steamer D D CALVIN and began to founder near Long Point in Lake Erie. Her...