by import2 | October 10, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo The Lake Guardian of the USEPA left at 09:26 after using the port as a temporary ‘home base’ as they traveled throughout Lake Superior. A much larger vessel, the Kaye E. Barker glided in at...
by import2 | October 10, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1891, the SUSAN E. PECK collided with the schooner GEORGE W. ADAMS above the Soo Locks. The PECK, loaded with wheat for Buffalo, sank in a matter of minutes and completely blocked the navigation channel. General Orlando M. Poe, in charge of the Soo...
by import2 | October 9, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Denis Sullivan Sets Sail … for Boston The sale by Discovery World Museum of Wisconsin’s flagship schooner to an organization in Boston, Massachusetts leaves many local supporters “heartbroken” and leaves questions about the deal unanswered. Planning for the Denis...
by import2 | October 9, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen An impatient Stewart J. “Stewie” Cort, tired of waiting at anchor for Algoma Discovery to finish loading at BNSF Dock 5, weighed anchor midmorning and arrived via...
by import2 | October 9, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 08-09 October 1871, NAVARINO (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 184 foot, 761 tons, built in 1870, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) was lying at a dock when the Chicago fire swept through the city. The vessel tried to pull away from the dock and get to...
