Port Reports – November 19, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, November 18, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT  11/19/2023 GODERICH, ONTARIO-Bruce Douglas   Slavyanka continues at elevators.  Algoma Sault arrived...
Today in Great Lakes History –  November 19

Today in Great Lakes History –  November 19

1842 1842:  On 19 November 1842, the wooden schooner BRANDYWINE was carrying flour in a storm on Lake Erie when she capsized and then drifted to the beach near Barcelona, New York. One passenger’s body was found in the cabin, but the entire crew of 6 was lost....

Boatnerd News – November 18, 2023

11/18/2023 Harvest season grain gains lift Duluth-Superior tonnage DULUTH, MN. — Boosted by an 18-month high for grain shipments, total maritime tonnage through the Port of Duluth-Superior climbed 3.9% ahead of last season’s pace through Oct. 31, 2023.    More than...

Port Reports – November 18, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, November 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT  11/18/2023 TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA  SILVER BAY, MINNESOTA-Gary Putney There is no traffic in neither Two...
Today in Great Lakes History –  November 18

Today in Great Lakes History –  November 18

  .1842:  On 18 November 1842, CHICAGO (wooden passenger & package freight sidewheeler, 105 foot, 166 tons, built in 1837, at St. Joseph, Michigan) was struck by a gale between Ashtabula and Conneaut in Lake Erie. She lost both of her stacks and became...