Port Reports – November 29, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, November 28, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT  11/29/2023 GODERICH, ONTARIO-Bruce Douglas 11/25/2023  Algoma Innovator cleared 19:49 Saturday upbound...
Today in Great Lakes History – November 29

Today in Great Lakes History – November 29

1856:  On 29 November 1856, ARABIAN (3-mast wooden bark, 116 foot, 350 tons, built in 1853, at Niagara, Ontario) had stranded on Goose Island Shoal, 10 miles ENE of Mackinac Island ten days earlier. She was relieved of her cargo and was being towed to Chicago by the...

Boatnerd News – November 28, 2023

Three tugs free Barbro G. UPDATE: The Barbro G was freed just after 2 p.m. Tuesday thanks to the combined efforts of the Great Lakes Towing Co. tugs Ontario, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.  She was moved back to the anchorage where she will be inspected for damage. Work...

Port Reports – November 28, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, November 27, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT  11/28/2023 SARNIA, ON-Rene Beauchamp Algoluna, ex Birgit Knutsen, left Sarnia Sunday for Sorel-Tracy....
Today in Great Lakes History – November 28

Today in Great Lakes History – November 28

1867:  On 28 November 1867, MARQUETTE (wooden bark, 139 foot, 426 tons, built in 1856, at Newport [Marine City], Michigan) was carrying corn from Chicago to Collingwood, Ontario when she sprang a leak during a storm on Lake Huron. She was run ashore on Hope Island on...