Port Report – October 10, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday October 9.  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 – October 10

1877 1877:   ELIZA R. TURNER (wooden schooner; 156 feet; 409 gross tons; built in 1867 at Trenton, MI) was carrying wheat from Detroit, MI, to Buffalo, NY, when a storm drove her aground nine miles west of Long Point on Lake Erie where she was wrecked. The skipper and...

Boatnerd News – October 9, 2025

U.S. Steel sues Algoma Steel over refusal to honor multimillion-dollar contract    U.S. Steel on Tuesday sued a Canadian steel company alleging that it is refusing to pay for millions of tons of iron ore pellets it agreed to purchase five years ago because of new...

Port Report – October 9, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday October 8.  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 – October 9

1820 1820:   ASP (wooden schooner; 57 tons; built in 1808 at Mississauga, ON) was carrying lumber and staves when she sprang a leak near Long Point on Lake Ontario. She waterlogged and then capsized. The upturned vessel was driven across the lake and finally went...