by import2 | June 23, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: On 23 June 1873, B. F. BRUCE was launched at Crosthwaite’s yard in East Saginaw, Michigan. She is not properly a schooner, but what is known as a “three-and-after” in nautical terms. Her capacity was 50,000 bushels of grain (800 tons)...
by import2 | June 22, 2025 | Boatnerd News
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 27. ...
by import2 | June 22, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday June 21. 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 | June 22, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1853 1853: On 22 June 1853, CHALLENGE (wooden propeller freighter, 198 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Newport, Michigan) was bound from Chicago for Buffalo with barreled pork and oats on one of her first trips. However, her boiler exploded off Cheboygan,...
by import2 | June 21, 2025 | Boatnerd News
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 27. ...
