by import2 | November 12, 2022 | Boatnerd News
U.S. and Canada Launch Green Shipping Corridor for Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway The United States and Canada have launched an initiative to establish a “green shipping corridor” for the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System. Under the Initiative, the U.S....
by import2 | November 12, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1920, FRANCIS WIDLAR stranded on Pancake Shoal in Lake Superior and was written off as a total constructive loss of $327,700. The wreck was purchased by Mathews Steamship Company in 1921 and placed back in service as BAYTON. The BAYTON sailed until 1966, and the...
by import2 | November 11, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Edmund Fitzgerald search: Hear call to help after 29 men were lost in Lake Superior LAKE SUPERIOR, MI – “Things look pretty bad. It looks like she may have split apart at the seams.” In the hours after the 728-foot Edmund Fitzgerald abruptly vanished from the...
by import2 | November 11, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The Armistice Day Storm of November 11, 1940, was one of the worst storms in the recorded history of Lake Michigan. In all, the storm claimed 5 vessels, and 66 lives. The storm hit late Monday afternoon, November 11th, with winds of hurricane proportions. The winds...
by import2 | November 10, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Soon-to-be-scrapped Ojibway hauled ashore Social media posts show the former Lower Lakes Towing Co. bulk carrier is showing being in inched ashore at Marine Recycling Corp Scrapyard at Port Colborne, ON. The vessel, built in 1952 as Charles L. Hutchinson (ii) and...
