by import2 | October 19, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Wednesday, October 18, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Happy River arrived at 06:08 (Central) Wednesday morning...
by import2 | October 19, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1868 PARAGON (wooden schooner; 212 tons; built in 1852 at Oshawa, ON, as a brig) was being towed up the St. Clair River by the tug WILLIAM A. MOORE with a load of lumber in the company of four other barges. During a gale, the tow was broken up. While the tug MOORE was...
by import2 | October 18, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Museum offering Fitzgerald Experience, unique tour discussing one of the most notable shipwrecks in Great Lakes history Toledo, OH – The weekend of Saturday, November 11 and Sunday, November 12, the National Museum of the Great Lakes will honor the 48th Anniversary of...
by import2 | October 18, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Tuesday, October 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Friday, October 13 Despite the rough weather, Hon. James L....
by import2 | October 18, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1844 At 20:00, the steamer ROCHESTER left Rochester, NY, for Toronto, ON. She encountered a severe gale about halfway there. Captain H.N. Throop had the vessel put about to return to Rochester. The gale was so severe that all thought they were lost. When they finally...
