Port Report – June 28, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Friday June 27.  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 – June 28

Today in Great Lakes History – June 28

1893 1893:  JAMES AMADEUS (wooden propeller tug, 65 feet, 44 gross tons, built in 1872 at Cleveland, Ohio) sprang a leak and foundered near Cleveland, Ohio. Her crew abandoned her just before she went down. 1909 1909:  TEMPEST (wooden propeller bulk freighter, 138...

Port Report – June 27, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday June 26.  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 –  June 27

1890 .1890:   At 4:04 p.m. on 27 June 1890, the Beatty Line’s MONARCH (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 240 foot, 2,017 tons) was launched at Sarnia, Ontario. The launching was watched by numerous people on the decks of various steamers and on...

Boatnerd News – June 26, 2025

  Public Access Restricted for Soo Locks Engineers Day Detroit, MI – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with the event’s federal, state, and local public safety partners are changing public access for this year’s Soo Locks Engineers Day event on June...