by import2 | October 1, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1843 1843: ALBANY (wooden brig; 110 tons; built in 1835 at Oswego, NY) was carrying merchandise and passengers when she went aground in a storm and was wrecked just a few miles from Mackinaw City, MI. 1869 1869: SEA GULL (wooden schooner; 83 tons; built in 1845 at...
by import2 | September 30, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 1875: AMERICAN CHAMPION (wooden scow schooner; 156 tons; built in 1866 at Trenton, MI) dropped anchor to ride out a gale near Leamington, ON, on Lake Erie. The chains gave way, and she struck a bar and sank to the gunwales. The crew of eight spent the night in...
by import2 | September 29, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 1872: On 29 September 1872, ADRIATIC (3-masted wooden schooner-barge, 139 foot, 129 net tons, built in 1865, at Clayton, New York as a bark) was in tow of the tug MOORE along with three other barges in Lake Erie in a heavy gale. She became separated from the...
by import2 | September 28, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1849 1849: W.G. BUCKNER (wooden schooner; 75 feet; 107 tons; built in 1837 at Irving, NY) was carrying lumber in a storm on Lake Michigan when she sprang a leak and capsized. The man to whom the cargo belonged was aboard with his wife and five children. One child...
by import2 | September 27, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 1872: On September 27–29, a big storm swept the lower lakes. On Lake Huron, the barges HUNTER and DETROIT were destroyed. The tug SANDUSKY rescued the 21 survivors from them. The schooner CORSAIR foundered off Sturgeon Point on Saginaw Bay at 16:00 on Sunday...
by import2 | September 26, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 1876: At 03:00, the steam barge LADY FRANKLIN burned while moored near Clark’s dock, about three miles from Amherstburg, ON, in the Detroit River. One life was lost. This vessel had been built in 1861 as a passenger steamer and ran between Cleveland, OH,...
