by import2 | October 16, 2022 | Boatnerd News, Uncategorized
Researchers find unique whaleback barge sunk in Lake Superior 120 years ago WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. – The vessel’s name was long rusted away, but shipwreck researchers recognized underwater images of the pig snoutlike bow as one of the final whalebacks to be...
by import2 | October 16, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo The American Courage departed at 07:24 for Cleveland. Unfortunately, this could be the last time she comes up to Superior for a year or longer. She’s...
by import2 | October 16, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1950, the JOHN M. McKERCHEY of the Kelley’s Island Lime and Transport Company sank at 2:30 a.m. while returning from the pumping grounds with a load of sand. Captain Horace S. Johnson went down with the boat, but the remaining 19 crewmembers were...
by import2 | October 15, 2022 | Boatnerd News
“Boo on the Boat:” Halloween Tradition Returns at National Museum TOLEDO, OHIO – Beginning on Friday, October 28 through Sunday, October 30, the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) invites visitors to trick-or-treat aboard two of Toledo’s most haunted...
by import2 | October 15, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen While traffic is heating up in the Twin Ports, the weather is getting colder. An early snowfall was out to greet a healthy dose of morning activity, beginning with a weekly...
