Port Report – September 12, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday September 11.  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 – September 12

1871 1871:   After an extremely dry summer, forests were burning all over the Great Lakes region in the autumn of 1871. The smoke from these fires affected navigation. Newspaper reports on this date stated that 38 ships and four strings of barges anchored near Point...

Boatnerd News – September 11, 2025

Service on lakes over, Sunnanvik heads back overseas On September 10, shortly before sunset, the cement carrier Sunnanvik left Section 96 of the Port of Montreal for Section 72. From there, it will depart overseas Thursday morning. It will probably not be seen again;...

Port Report – September 11, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday September 10.  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 – September 11

Today in Great Lakes History – September 11

1876 1876:   The schooner HARVEST HOME sank on Lake Michigan while bound from Chicago, IL, for Cleveland, OH, with a load of scrap iron. She was about 26 miles off Grand Haven, MI. The crew was taken off by the schooner GRACIE M. FILER just as the boat was going down....