Port Reports – December 26, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, December 25, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT  12/26/2023 DETROIT, MICHIGAN-Tom Geiger 12/25/2023  American Century-DEPARTED-8:59 PM 12/26/2023  CSL...
Today in Great Lakes History –  December 26

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 26

1909:  The former whaleback steamer COLGATE HOYT, operating on the East Coast since 1906, was wrecked as c) THURMOND in a storm at Tom’s River Bay, NJ enroute from Newport News, VA to Portland, ME with a cargo of coal. 1916:  On 26 December 1916, the wreck of...

Boatnerd News – December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas from Boatnerd! Jackman freed from grounding Fog stops St. Marys River traffic again UPDATED: With the help of the tugs Anglian Lady and Wyoming, the Captain Henry Jackman was freed around 11:15 a.m. Sunday and continued on her way to Port Cartier. The...

Port Reports – December 25, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, December 24, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT  12/25/2023 SARNIA-ONTARIO-Tom Geiger 12/24/2023  Algonova-DEPARTED-8:33 AM 12/24/2023  Iver...
Today in Great Lakes History –  December 25

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 25

1849:  On 25 December 1849 the SISKAWIT (wooden schooner, 50 t, built in 1840) was sailing light on Lake Superior when a storm drove her onto a bar near the mouth of the Chocolay River, southeast of Marquette, Michigan, where she was wrecked. Those aboard had...