by import2 | April 23, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Monday, April 22 , 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 | April 23, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1859 1859: On 23 April 1859, at about midnight, the schooner S. BUTTLES was fighting a severe gale. She was carrying staves from Port Burwell, Ontario, to Clayton, New York, and sprang a leak while battling the gale. While manning the pumps, one man was washed...
by import2 | April 22, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Ontario Shipyards temporarily pauses operations in Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY, ON – Ted Kirkpatrick, director of business development and government relations, told The Chronicle-Journal that they have decided to temporarily idle operations at its shipyard largely due to...
by import2 | April 22, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Sunday, April 21 , 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 | April 22, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871: On 22 April 1871, the 210-foot, 4-masted wooden schooner JAMES COUCH was launched at Port Huron, Michigan. She was named for a prominent Chicago businessman of the time. 1872: On 22 April 1872, Capt. L. R. Boynton brought the wooden propeller WENONA into...