by import2 | December 8, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
1909: Fire broke out in the hold of the CLARION off Southeast Shoal, Lake Erie. Six sailors who huddled on the stern were picked up in a daring rescue by the LEONARD C. HANNA the next day. Another 14 were lost when their lifeboat was swept away in the storm and one...
by import2 | December 7, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Wintry weather on upper lakes sends vessels to anchor With gale and storm force winds blowing on all the upper lakes, a number of vessels went to anchor to wait out the weather. Lake Michigan: Bradshaw Mckee / St Marys Conquest had departed Charlevoix Sunday 20:15...
by import2 | December 7, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney Michipicoten arrived Two Harbors on 12/05 at 21:41 for South of #2. She departed on 12/06 at 09:44 for Algoma Steel. That should be the North Shore traffic for 12/06. Two Harbors...
by import2 | December 7, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
The LEADALE, a.) JOHN A. KLING sank in the Welland Canal on December 7, 1982, and was declared a constructive total loss. On 07 December 1893, the hull of the burned steamer MASCOTTE (steel ferry, 103 foot, 137 gross tons, built in 1885, at Wyandotte, Michigan) was...
by import2 | December 6, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Saginaw arrived at 15:19 (CST) Saturday afternoon to unload grain at Riverland Ag. American Century departed at 23:35 with iron ore pellets to anchor outside Duluth; they...
