by import2 | October 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 1876: GRACE GREENWOOD (three-masted wooden schooner; 124 feet; 306 tons; built in 1853 at Oswego, NY) was carrying iron ore from Escanaba, MI, to Michigan City, IN, when she foundered in a storm while coming into St. Joseph, MI, for shelter. No lives were lost....
by import2 | October 4, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Manitoulin still moored near Iroquois Lock after touching bottom Manitoulin, damaged when it touched bottom near Cardinal, ON, Thursday, remained tied up at the south lower wall of Iroquois Lock on Friday. Waterfront reports indicate she veered out of the channel...
by import2 | October 4, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday October 3. 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 ...
by import2 | October 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1877 1877: BRITISH LION (three-masted wooden bark; 128 feet; 293 tons; built in 1862 at Kingston, ON) was carrying coal from Black River, OH, to Brockville, ON. She was driven ashore at Long Point in Lake Erie by a storm and wrecked. She was the first bark on the...
by import2 | October 3, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Manitoulin damaged in grounding near Cardinal, ON Multiple sources have confirmed that the bulk carrier Manitoulin grounded earlier today above Cardinal, ON, and suffered damage to the hull which has resulted in the vessel taking on water. The ship proceeded to...
