Today in Great Lakes History – December 2

Today in Great Lakes History – December 2

  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...
Boatnerd News – December 1, 2025

Boatnerd News – December 1, 2025

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.  ...
Port Report – December 1, 2025

Port Report – December 1, 2025

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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 1

Today in Great Lakes History – December 1

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...

Boatnerd News – November 30, 2025

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:...