by import2 | September 26, 2023 | Boatnerd News
NACC Argonaut Freed From Grounding CORNWALL, ON – Around 9 a.m. Tuesday the NACC Argonaut appears to be freed after it ran aground near Cornwall Sunday morning. Online navigation maps show the ship moving at 2-3 knots after sitting idle for more than 36 hours. At...
by import2 | September 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
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, and Port...
by import2 | September 25, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Ship aground, Seaway traffic stopped CORNWALL, ON – A freighter has run aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Cornwall, Ontario. According to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, the NACC Argonaut went aground Sunday morning and has a list to port....
by import2 | September 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
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 Michigan. The...
by import2 | September 24, 2023 | Boatnerd News
NACC Argonaut Aground Off Cornwall; Seaway Traffic Stopped Update (8:30pm) – Ocean Intrepide is moving upbound tonight and is expected to reach the grounded vessel sometime after 2am. A second tug, likely to be Ocean K Rusby, will depart Quebec to join in the...
