by import2 | November 11, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The Armistice Day Storm of November 11, 1940, was one of the worst storms in the recorded history of Lake Michigan. In all, the storm claimed 5 vessels, and 66 lives. The storm hit late Monday afternoon, November 11th, with winds of hurricane proportions. The winds...
by import2 | November 10, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Mrs. Lee A. Tregurtha passes at age 86; was namesake of Great Lakes vessel Lee A. Tregurtha, 86, of Darien, CT, peacefully passed away at home on November 6, 2023, surrounded by her adoring family. Her name is familiar around the Great Lakes since she has a Great...
by import2 | November 10, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The EDMUND FITZGERALD foundered on Lake Superior during a severe storm November 10, 1975, at approximately 7:10 p.m. about 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan, at position 47 0’N by 85 7’W in Canadian waters. On this day in 1892,...
by import2 | November 9, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 9 November 1923, AZTEC (wooden propeller bulk freighter, 180 foot, 835 gross tons, built in 1889, at Marine City, Michigan) was destroyed by fire at her home port of Marine City. The wreck lay in the Belle River until dynamited in the 1930Ős, and what was left was...
by import2 | November 8, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Four tugs tugs pulled the American Courage free around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday The grounded American Courage was released Tuesday around 6:15 p.m. by a quarter of tugs after running aground on the St. Clair river off Marie City, MI, nearly 12 hours earlier.The Port...
