Port Reports – June 19

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Today in Great Lakes History – June 19

Today in Great Lakes History – June 19

On 19 June 1889, NORTH STAR (steel propeller freighter, 299 foot, 2,476 gross tons, built in 1889, at Cleveland, Ohio) collided with CHARLES J. SHEFFIELD (steel propeller freighter, 260 foot, 1,699 gross tons, built in 1887, at Cleveland, Ohio) about sixty miles west...
Boatnerd News – June 18

Boatnerd News – June 18

Algoma Spirit sold for scrap Sold to be demolished in Turkey is the laker Algoma Spirit, inactive in Montreal since January 4. It will go on its own after a flag change and probably a name change as well. Bruno Boissonneault, René Beauchamp
Today in Great Lakes History –  June 18

Today in Great Lakes History –  June 18

The steamer ILLINOIS was the first vessel to pass through the newly opened Soo Locks in 1855. To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of this event, an open house was held aboard the J. L. MAUTHE. While tied up at the Cleveland Lakefront dock, an estimated 1,700...
Port Reports – June 18

Port Reports – June 18

Port reports are compiled from volunteer reader observations and AIS transmissions. Please send information about vessel arrivals and departures from your port to news@boatnerd.net by 9 p.m. (Eastern) nightly for them to be included in the next day’s news....