Port Report  May 4, 2024

Port Report May 4, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Friday, May 3, 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 4

Today in Great Lakes History – May 4

1839:   On 04 May 1839, ATLAS (wooden schooner, built in 1836, at Dexter, New York) was carrying building stone from Chaumont Bay to Oswego, New York, when she foundered 6 miles from Oswego. The steamer TELEGRAPH rushed out of Oswego to assist her but only found a...
Boatnerd News – May 3, 2024

Boatnerd News – May 3, 2024

Adella Shores shipwreck discovered 115 years after it sank near Whitefish Point   WHITEFISH POINT – The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society this week announced the discovery of the wooden steamship Adella Shores, one of the many ships that “went missing”...
Port Report  May 3, 2024

Port Report May 3, 2024

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, May 2, 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 3

Today in Great Lakes History – May 3

1840:   On 3 May 1840, CHAMPLAIN (wooden side-wheeler, 225 tons, built in 1832, at Chippewa, Ontario) was carrying general merchandise when a storm drove her ashore four miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan. Although abandoned, she was later recovered and rebuilt....