by import2 | August 20, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 1852: ATLANTIC (wooden sidewheeler, 267 feet, 1,155 tons, built in 1849 at Detroit, Michigan) was loaded with immigrants when she collided with the propeller freighter OGDENSBURG and quickly sank south of Long Point on Lake Erie at about 2:30 a.m. Of the 600...
by import2 | August 19, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday August 18. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | August 19, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 1865: The PEWABIC, Captain George P. McKay, was downbound on Lake Huron when she was rammed by her sister ship, METEOR. The PEWABIC sank with an estimated loss of 125 lives and a cargo of copper ingots, ore, and hides valued at $500,000. 1868 1868: The...
by import2 | August 18, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday August 17. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | August 18, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT (wooden schooner, 114 feet, 213 tons, built in 1852 at Black River, Ohio) was carrying lumber from Menominee to Chicago when she sprang a leak during a gale and capsized off Spider Island near Death’s Door on Lake Michigan. The...
