by import2 | July 1, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes Icebreaker Funding Cut from Senate Bill Michigan Representative Bill Huizenga is leading efforts to restore funding for a new Great Lakes icebreaker that was included in the House-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill but omitted from the Senate’s...
by import2 | July 1, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday June 30. 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 ...
by import2 | July 1, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 1852: CASPIAN (wooden side-wheeler, 252 feet, 921 tons, built in 1851 at Newport, Michigan) foundered a short distance off Cleveland’s piers. Some of her gear and structural material was salvaged in the spring of 1853, and the wreck was then flattened with...
by import2 | June 30, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Archaeologists unearth remnants of historic tram at Split Rock Lighthouse Archaeologists working at Split Rock Lighthouse have discovered the remnants of an old rail tramway that was used to transport building materials from barges on Lake Superior up the steep bluff...
by import2 | June 30, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday June 29. 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 ...
