by import2 | July 23, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, July 22, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen After more than eight days in the vicinity of port, saltwater vessel Blacky finally departed at...
by import2 | July 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1878 H.R. PRESTON (wooden quarterdeck canal boat built in 1877 at Oneida Lake, New York) was carrying 250 tons of ashes from Picton, Ontario, to Oswego, New York, in tow of the tug ALANSON SUMNER along with three other canal boats when they encountered a storm on Lake...
by import2 | July 22, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Senate committee approves funding for new Soo Lock The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted to provide the Army Corps of Engineers the full $235 million it had asked for to continue construction on a new supersize navigation lock at Sault Ste. Marie in...
by import2 | July 22, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Friday, July 21, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Edwin H. Gott was inbound Two Harbors for the shiploader. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen After stopping...
by import2 | July 22, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 The M.I. MILLS (wooden propeller tug, 122 feet, 152 tons, built in 1867 at Marine City, Michigan), which sank in a collision with the bark UNADILLA on May 9, 1873, was found in 90 feet of water in Lake Huron off Sand Beach, Michigan. Plans were made to raise her...
