by import2 | August 27, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The new Poe Lock at the Soo was first flooded on 27 August 1968. On August 27, 1886, The Detroit Evening News reported that a fireman on the tug J. H. HACKLEY of 1874, was sent to watch for a leak in the boiler, which was being filled with cold water at a dock in...
by import2 | August 26, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Navibulgar’s newest laker-size vessel Verila makes first visit to the Great Lakes/Seaway MONTREAL, QC – Arriving in Montreal early on August 24 was the saltwater visitor Verila (IMO 9905734), built in 2022 in China for the Navigation Maritime Bulgare or Navibulgar...
by import2 | August 26, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover photo credit: Bill Kloss Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are currently down due to technical issues. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The unusual adventures of Edwin H. Gott continued on Thursday...
by import2 | August 26, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1791, John Fitch was granted a United States patent for the steamboat. On August 26,1872, wooden propeller steamer LAKE BREEZE of 1868, was steaming from Saginaw to Mackinaw City with freight and about 40 passengers when fire broke out in the kitchen while off Au...
by import2 | August 25, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Tim S. Dool returns to service Algoma Central Corporation’s Tim S. Cool has returned to service, loading in Superior, WI., after departing Thundery Bay, ON., empty. She is bound for Hamilton, ON. Jack Hurt Manitowoc football team takes SS Badger ferry to game...
