by import2 | August 3, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1857 R.H. RAE (three-mast wooden bark, 136 feet, 344 tons, built in 1857 at St. Catharines, Ontario) capsized and sank in a “white squall” off Duck’s Creek on Lake Ontario. She went down slowly enough for her people to abandon in her small boat. They...
by import2 | August 2, 2023 | Boatnerd News
S.S. Badger’s 2023 sailing season ending early due to ramp damage LUDINGTON, MI – The S.S. Badger is done for the season. Lake Michigan Carferry, which owns and operates the 70-year-old vessel on Lake Michigan, said Tuesday that damage to its ramp system will...
by import2 | August 2, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Tuesday, August 1, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney CSL Welland is loading at the Two Harbors shiploader. James R. Barker is Eastbound on Lake Superior for...
by import2 | August 2, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 The wooden side-wheeler TELEGRAPH collided with the schooner MARQUETTE and sank 40 miles north of Cleveland. 1862 John C. Ackerman was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. At the time of his death in 1916, he was commodore of the Pere Marquette car ferry fleet based in...
by import2 | August 1, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Report shows Great Lakes-Seaway benefits Indiana the most According to a report, Indiana is the state with the greatest economic impact from cargo handling by ports and terminals along the Great Lakes-Seaway system. Ohio and Michigan landed a distant second and third,...
