by import2 | July 29, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 The steam barge MARY ROBERTSON burned near Mackinac. Her crew escaped to a schooner barge they were towing. 1875 The side-wheel river steamer DOMINION burned to the water’s edge at her dock in the Thames River near Chatham, Ontario. She was built in 1867,...
by import2 | July 28, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Sault’s “Uber boatnerd” Mason Harris turned six years old on Thursday Know Your Ships? “Well, you should,” birthday boy Mason Charles Harris said, holding a toy freighter with his name written all over it in gold letters. Mason’s...
by import2 | July 28, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, July 27, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry The only ship action Wednesday took place early in the morning for the Duluth...
by import2 | July 28, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1854 BOSTON (wooden propeller, 134 feet, 259 tons, built in 1847 at Ohio City, Ohio) was bound from Chicago for Ogdensburg, New York, with pork, corn, whiskey and produce. On Lake Ontario, about 20 miles off Oak Orchard, New York, she collided with the bark PLYMOUTH...
by import2 | July 27, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Research vessels are on the Great Lakes, but there’s no crew on board The government is using three uncrewed research vessels in the Great Lakes. These autonomous vessels are gathering data on fish. One vehicle is on the surface on northern Lake Michigan....
