Port Report – July 10, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday July 9.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...

Today in Great Lakes History – July 10

1866 1866:  COQUETTE (one-mast wooden scow-sloop, 90 feet, 140 tons, built in 1858 at Perry, Ohio, as a schooner) capsized in a storm on Lake Michigan and was lost with her crew of four. She had originally been built for the U.S. government. 1909 1909:  HENRY R....

Boatnerd News – July 9, 2025

Plan to reopen a commercial port on Lake Superior gets a financial boost Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corp. is investing $1M in the Peninsula Harbour port project at Marathon MARATHON — The dream of turning Peninsula Harbour into a strategic shipping and...

Port Report – July 9, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Tuesday July 8.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
Today in Great Lakes History – July 9

Today in Great Lakes History – July 9

1876 1876:  ST. CLAIR (wooden propeller freighter with some passenger accommodations, 127 feet, 326 gross tons, built in 1867 at Algonac, Michigan) had 14 crew and 18 passengers aboard along with a cargo of flour, feed and deck loads of cattle as she sailed on Lake...