Boatnerd News – November 30

Boatnerd News – November 30

Popular Burlington canal piers to be gated, closed even as cities try to negotiate public access Burlington, ON – Transport Canada will use gates to close the popular Burlington shipping canal piers to pedestrians in December even as neighboring cities negotiate to...

Port Reports – November 30

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: James R. Barker departed at 23:37 (CST) Saturday night with iron ore pellets for Toledo. Victory/Maumee arrived at 12:45 Sunday afternoon to fuel, then they departed at 15:54...
Today in Great Lakes History – November 30

Today in Great Lakes History – November 30

On 30 November 1934, HENRY CORT (steel propeller whaleback crane vessel, 320 foot, 2,394 gross tons, built in 1892, at W. Superior, Wisconsin as PILLSBURY) was driven onto the north pier at Muskegon, Michigan, in a storm. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ESCANABA rescued...

Port Reports – November 29

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Superior – Gus Schauer Algoma Sault loaded its cargo at the Viterra B elevator in Thunder Bay Saturday and arrived in Superior early Sunday morning to unload it at Elevator M. While the Manitoulin unloaded a similar cargo...
Today in Great Lakes History – November 29

Today in Great Lakes History – November 29

On November 29, 1966, the DANIEL J. MORRELL sank approximately 20 miles north of Harbor Beach in Lake Huron. Her nearly identical sistership, the EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND, was traveling about 20 miles behind the MORRELL and made it to the Lime Island Fuel Dock in the St....