1843
1843: The wooden schooner ALABAMA collided with a pier during a storm at the mouth of the Grand River at Fairport, OH, and was a total loss.
1871
1871: CASCADEN (two-masted wooden schooner; 138 tons; built in 1866 at Saugeen, ON) was carrying much-needed supplies for the Cove Island Lighthouse keeper and his family who were in desperate straits. However, she went ashore 3 miles below Cape Hurd near Tobermory, ON, in a storm and was wrecked.
1871: The 42-ton wooden schooner SEA HORSE stranded on Fitzwilliam Island at the mouth of Georgian Bay in a storm. She was a total loss.
1887
1887: Henry McMorran and D.N. Runnels bought the engine and boiler of the tug GEORGE HAND at the U.S. Marshals sale in Port Huron, MI, for $500.
1889
1889: The whaleback barge 103 completed her maiden trip by delivering 86,000 bushels of wheat from Duluth, MN, to Buffalo, NY.
1893
1893: FLINT & PERE MARQUETTE NO. 1 was damaged by fire while in Ludington, MI.
1903
1903: The car ferry PERE MARQUETTE 19 was launched.
1923
1923: The bulk carrier LUZON went aground in Lake Superior northeast of Passage Island due to poor visibility from the dense smoke of local forest fires. The vessel sustained serious bow damage, but, fortunately, the bulkhead held. It was en route from Fort William, ON, to Buffalo, NY, with grain at the time. The ship returned to service as b.) JOHN ANDERSON in 1924 and was last known as G.G. POST.
1936
1936: The 252-foot sand sucker SAND MERCHANT rolled over and sank when a 50-mph gale swept across Lake Erie. The steamer THUNDER BAY QUARRIES, under the command of Captain James Healey, rescued three survivors, and the steamer MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 1, under the command of Captain George Wilson, rescued four additional survivors. 18 crewmembers and one female passenger drowned in the accident.
1951
1951: GEORGE F. RAND and HARVEY H. BROWN collided just below the Huron Cut at Port Huron, MI, and the former was beached with a starboard list. After being refloated, this vessel unloaded its cargo of silica sand at Port Huron and then went to Toledo, OH, for repairs. The latter later sailed as PARKER EVANS and MARLHILL.
1959
1959: The EMS ORE was launched for Transatlantic Bulk Carriers of Monrovia, Liberia. Purchased by the Hall Corp. of Canada in 1976, she was reconstructed for lake service and renamed b.) MONTCLIFFE HALL in 1977. She was later renamed c.) CARTIERDOC in 1988 and d.) CEDARGLEN in 2002 before being scrapped in Turkey in 2019.
1963
1963: The CARLTON (Hull #542) was launched in Sunderland, England, by Short Brothers Ltd. for Chapman & Willan Ltd. She was renamed b.) FEDERAL WEAR in 1975, purchased by Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. in 1975, renamed c.) ST LAWRENCE PROSPECTOR in 1975, lengthened to Seaway size and renamed d.) CANADIAN PROSPECTOR in 1979, and scrapped in 2009 at Aliağa, Turkey.
1980
1980: The Canadian tanker GULF CANADA and MEGALOHARI II collided at Montreal, QC, with minor damage. The former had been built at Collingwood, ON, as a.) B.A. PEERLESS in 1952 and was scrapped at Alang, India, as d.) COASTAL I in 1990. The latter had begun Seaway trading in 1965 and was scrapped at Alang as b.) AGIOS CONSTANTINOS in 1985.
1988
1988: The Society for the Preservation of the S.S. City of Milwaukee purchased CITY OF MILWAUKEE from the City of Frankfort for $2.
Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Max Hanley, Russ Plumb, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II, and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit. Compiled by Roger LeLievre.
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- Luzon. Peter B. Worden collection, MHSD
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- Sand Merchant. Peter B. Worden collection, MHSD
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- George F. Rand. Unknown photographer
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- Harvey H. Brown. Peter B. Worden collection, MHSD
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- Marlhill. Jim Hoffman
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- Cartierdoc in the Welland Canal in 1997. Roger LeLievre
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- Cedarglen in 2017. Roger LeLievre
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- Canadian Prospector in 1996 on the St. Marys River. Roger LeLievre
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- Gulf Canada in 1979. Don Dube
