by import2 | November 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1853: On 26 November 1853, ALBANY (wooden side wheel passenger/package freight, 202 foot, 669 tons, built in 1846, at Detroit, Michigan) was carrying passengers and miscellaneous cargo in a storm on Lake Huron.. She was making for the shelter of Presque Isle harbor...
by import2 | November 25, 2023 | Boatnerd News
BBC Georgia damaged in St. Lawrence River grounding Late night on November 23, the cargo ship BBC Georgia, en route to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, with a stopover in Montreal, ran aground off Grondines, St. Lawrence River. Reports indicate it took on water and the engine...
by import2 | November 25, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, November 24, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT 11/25/2023 TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA-Gary Putney Subject: 11/24 Burns Harbor is loading at Two Harbors....
by import2 | November 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1857: On 25 November 1857, ANTELOPE (wooden schooner, 220 tons, built in 1854, at Port Robinson, Ontario) was driven ashore by a gale near St. Joseph, Michigan. Five lives were lost. She was recovered the next year and rebuilt. 1866: On 25 November 1866, F. W....
by import2 | November 24, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Thanksgiving best wishes from Boatnerd We all hope that everyone out on the lakes had a good Thanksgiving. Even though you had to work, most of you got to have a good meal with your shipmates. We hope all the cooks put on a feast to try and fill that void of not being...
