by import2 | September 13, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The bark S.D. POMEROY was anchored off Menominee, MI, during a storm. Archie Dickie, James Steele, John Davidson, and James Mechie were seen lowering the yawl to go to shore. Later, the empty yawl drifted ashore, and then the bodies of all four men floated in....
by import2 | September 12, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 After an extremely dry summer, forests were burning all over the Great Lakes region in the autumn of 1871. The smoke from these fires affected navigation. Newspaper reports on this date stated that 38 ships and four strings of barges anchored near Point Pelee on...
by import2 | September 11, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Sunday, September 10, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Edgar B. Speer is running South of Isle Royale heading for the Gary Works. Arthur M. Anderson is...
by import2 | September 11, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 The schooner HARVEST HOME sank on Lake Michigan while bound from Chicago, IL, for Cleveland, OH, with a load of scrap iron. She was about 26 miles off Grand Haven, MI. The crew was taken off by the schooner GRACIE M. FILER just as the boat was going down. 1883...
by import2 | September 10, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Boardman/Harriman rechristened at DeTour Last Wednesday, the John W. Boardman/Lewis G. Harriman was rechristened on the 100th anniversary of her 1923 launch during a ceremony at DeTour, Mich., where the ship’s forward end now resides. Jill Vander Meulen, who...
