by import2 | August 23, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1818, the first steamer above Niagara Falls, the WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Captain Job Fish, departed Buffalo on her maiden voyage. The 29 passengers paid a fare of $24 and arrived at Detroit in 44 hours and 10 minutes. On August 23, 1955, as part of the...
by import2 | August 22, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Kaye E. Barker arrived at 19:30 (CST) Friday night to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5; they departed at 04:35 Saturday morning empty for Marquette. As of Saturday afternoon, Indiana Harbor was loading at CN#6. Indiana...
by import2 | August 22, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On August 22, 1898, the schooner FANNY CAMPBELL (wooden schooner, 404 tons, built in 1868, at St. Catherines, Ontario) ran ashore near Johnston’s Harbor in Georgian Bay. She was sailing light on her way for a load of cordwood. ALGOPORT left Collingwood, Ontario,...
by import2 | August 21, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Dirk S. VanEnkevort departed at 18:19 (CST) Thursday evening empty for Silver Bay. American Spirit arrived at 23:10 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Walter J. McCarthy Jr. arrived at 23:31 to load coal at SMET. Indiana...
by import2 | August 21, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
August 21, 1996 – The former U. S. Army Corps of Engineers tug MARQUETTE was downbound past Detroit on her delivery trip to her new owners, based in Key West, Florida. Renamed MONA LARUE in 1997, she is no longer in documentation. At 7:10 p.m. on August 21,...
