by import2 | January 20, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1907: WILLIAM NOTTINGHAM broke loose in wild winds and flooding at Buffalo. When the storm subsided, the ship had come to rest high and dry about 440 yards from the channel. A total of 12 vessels stranded in the storm but this one was the biggest challenge. A new...
by import2 | January 19, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Museum’s Waving Through Time: Flags of the Sweetwater Seas Nautical Flag Collection Exhibit Expands Online with Part Two Tuesday, February 16, 2024 (Toledo, Ohio) – The National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) has released the first series in part two of its Waving...
by import2 | January 19, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, January 18, 2024, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 1/19/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA-Tom Geiger 1/18/2024 Mandarian River-DEPARTED-12:38 AM 1/19/2024 Federal...
by import2 | January 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1824: On 19 January 1824, the Welland Canal Company was incorporated to build the first Welland Canal. 1901: DAVID M. WHITNEY (steel propeller freighter, 412 foot, 4,626 gross tons) was launched on 19 January 1901, by the Detroit Ship Building Company (Hull #138) in...
by import2 | January 18, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Boatnerds say farewell to last freighter of 2023/2024 shipping season Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Around 9:45 Tuesday morning, the Philip R. Clarke closed out the 2023- 2024 shipping season on the St. Marys River, being the last freighter through the Soo Locks. The 767 x...
