Port Reports – December 6, 2022

Port Reports – December 6, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 5, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Party’s over… In an overnight exodus from the anchorage as weather forecasts...
Today in Great Lakes History –  December 6

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 6

On December 6, 1988, an arsonist set fire to the after end of FORT CHAMBLY while she was laid up at Ojibway Slip in Windsor, Ontario. On 06 December 1886, C. McElroy purchased the steamer CHARLIE LIKEN for use as a ferry at St. Clair, Michigan to replace the burned...
Port Reports – December 5, 2022

Port Reports – December 5, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 4, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen A Block and Barker switcharoo took place early Sunday morning in West Duluth as the handsome...
Today in Great Lakes History –  December 5

Today in Great Lakes History –  December 5

In 1927, ALTADOC crashed on the rocks of the Keweenaw Peninsula when her steering gear parted during a Lake Superior storm. The machinery and pilothouse of the wreck were recovered in 1928. The pilothouse was eventually refurbished in 1942 and opened as the Worlds...
Boatnerd News – December 4, 2022

Boatnerd News – December 4, 2022

Marinette County shipwreck added to National Register of Historic Places A Northeast Wisconsin shipwreck has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The wreck of the Sidney O. Neff was added to the register Nov. 7. This follows listing on the State...