by import2 | September 26, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 1876: At 03:00, the steam barge LADY FRANKLIN burned while moored near Clark’s dock, about three miles from Amherstburg, ON, in the Detroit River. One life was lost. This vessel had been built in 1861 as a passenger steamer and ran between Cleveland, OH,...
by import2 | September 25, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Final Pieces of Tug James Whalen Arrive at Pool 6, Thunder Bay Watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-B27haHoM Door County Maritime Museum Presentation on 50th Anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald sinking On Oct. 2, 2025, the Door County Maritime Museum in...
by import2 | September 25, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday September 24. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | September 25, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 1869: COMMENCEMENT (two-masted wooden schooner; 75 feet; 73 tons; built in 1853 at Holland, MI) was carrying wood in her hold and telegraph poles on deck from Pentwater, MI, for Milwaukee, WI, when she sprang a leak 20 miles off Little Sable Point on Lake...
by import2 | September 24, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday September 23. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
