by import2 | December 2, 2025 | Boatnerd News
1832 1832: On 2 December 1832, the wooden schooner CAROLINE was carrying dry goods worth more than $30,000 from Oswego to Ogdensburg, New York, in a violent storm. She capsized and sank off Ducks Island on Lake Ontario with the loss of one life. Five survived...
by import2 | December 1, 2025 | Boatnerd News
New Corps tug R.J. Pearce headed for Detroit After transiting the Seaway and Welland Canal, the new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers icebreaking tug R.J. Pearce is headed for Detroit. She is one of two new tugs that will eventually be based at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. ...
by import2 | December 1, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Port and vessel activity for Sunday November 30. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | December 1, 2025 | Boatnerd News
1884 1884: On 01 December 1884, the N BOUTIN (wooden propeller tug, 68 foot, 46 gross tons, built in 1882, at Buffalo, New York) sank in ten feet of water near Washburn, Wisconsin. Newspaper reports stated that she was leaking badly and was run toward shore to beach...
by import2 | November 30, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Post Your Christmas, Holiday cards on Boatnerd Feel free to share your boat-themed Christmas and holiday cards by posting them in this thread. Attachments must be under 2 MB. https://newsearch.boatnerd.com/viewtopic.php?t=178409 Christmas Tree Ship:...