by import2 | October 10, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1877 ELIZA R. TURNER (wooden schooner; 156 feet; 409 gross tons; built in 1867 at Trenton, MI) was carrying wheat from Detroit, MI, to Buffalo, NY, when a storm drove her aground nine miles west of Long Point on Lake Erie where she was wrecked. The skipper and cook...
by import2 | October 9, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1820 ASP (wooden schooner; 57 tons; built in 1808 at Mississauga, ON) was carrying lumber and staves when she sprang a leak near Long Point on Lake Ontario. She waterlogged and then capsized. The upturned vessel was driven across the lake and finally went ashore off...
by import2 | October 8, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1854 E.K. COLLINS (wooden passenger-package freight side-wheeler; 256 feet; 1,095 gross tons; built in 1853 at Newport, MI) caught fire and beached near the mouth of the Detroit River, where she burned to the waterline. About 23 lives were lost. About 43 people were...
by import2 | October 7, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 In a severe gale, rain, and hail storm, the 247-ton schooner OSPREY approached Oswego, NY. As she was about to enter the harbor, the vessel struck the east pier broadside. Her masts and rigging were carried away, and she started to sink. Captain John Parsons got...
by import2 | October 6, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Norisle scrap tow passes Port Huron The Norisle scrap tow passed downbound at Port Huron/Sarnia just before dusk Thursday. The former Georgia Bay passenger and auto ferry was being towed to the scrapyard at Port Colborne, ON, by the tug Ecosse. Friday morning they...
