by import2 | December 6, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On December 6, 1988, an arsonist set fire to the after end of FORT CHAMBLY while she was laid up at Ojibway Slip in Windsor, Ontario. On 06 December 1886, C. McElroy purchased the steamer CHARLIE LIKEN for use as a ferry at St. Clair, Michigan to replace the burned...
by import2 | December 5, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Tug Molly M 1 headed for Toledo, will tow St. Clair to scrapyard McKeil Marine’s tig Molly M 1 was westbound in Lake Erie Saturday night headed for Toledo. It is expected she will be towing the fire-damaged St. Clair to the scrapyard at Port Colborne, ON. With a gale...
by import2 | December 5, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney Two Harbors saw the departure of the Presque Isle on 12/04 at 02:09 for Nanticoke. The American Integrity arrived Two Harbors on 12/04 at 02:56 for South of #2. As of 17:00 she is...
by import2 | December 5, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1927, ALTADOC crashed on the rocks of the Keweenaw Peninsula when her steering gear parted during a Lake Superior storm. The machinery and pilothouse of the wreck were recovered in 1928. The pilothouse was eventually refurbished in 1942 and opened as the Worlds...
by import2 | December 4, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Coast Guard will ‘platoon’ icebreakers in Twin Ports Duluth, MN – Stranded between its last and next Coast Guard cutters, Duluth-Superior will be reliant on a temporary plan for breaking ice in 2021-22. As the Twin Ports enters the winter season without a...
