by import2 | March 5, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 05 March 1997, the Canadian Coast Guard cutter GRIFFON pulled the smashed remains of a 1996 Ford Bronco from the icy depths of the Straits of Mackinac. The vehicle flipped off the Mackinac Bridge on 02 March 1997, and the driver was killed. The U.S. Coast Guard...
by import2 | March 4, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Marine Museum acquires vintage SS Keewatin passenger ship Kingston, ON – A 116-year-old steamship that ferried passengers and goods in the upper Great Lakes is bound for the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston. The museum announced Friday that it had acquired...
by import2 | March 4, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 3, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Bristol Bay made another quick pass through the Soo on Friday afternoon while giving the icy river a...
by import2 | March 4, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1944, the U.S.C.G.C. MACKINAW (WAGB-83) was launched by the Toledo Ship Building Company (Hull #188) at Toledo, Ohio. Her name was originally planned to be MANITOWOC. MACKINAW was retired in 2006. CECILIA DESGAGNES, a.) CARL GORTHON, departed Sorel, Quebec, on...
by import2 | March 3, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 2, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Stretching out her legs for the first time in nearly a month, USCGC Bristol Bay came off Lake Huron and...
