by import2 | February 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1885: On 06 February 1885, Capt. William Bridges of Bay City and A. C. Mc Lean of East Saginaw purchased the steamer D.W. POWERS (wooden propeller freighter, 140 foot, 303 gross tons, built in 1871, at Marine City, Michigan) for the lumber trade. This vessel had an...
by import2 | February 5, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1870: February 5, 1870 – Captain William H. Le Fleur of the Pere Marquette carferry fleet, known as “the Bear” was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1976: On February 5, 1976, the carferry WOLFE ISLANDER III was inaugurated into service between...
by import2 | February 4, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1870: The Port Huron Weekly Times reported that “a Montreal company has purchased all the standing timber on Walpole Island Indian Reservation [on the St. Clair River…] A large force of men are employed in hewing, cutting and delivering the same on the banks of the...
by import2 | February 3, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1899: On 03 February 1899, the steamer GEORGE FARWELL (wooden propeller freighter, 182 foot, 977 gross tons, built in 1895, at Marine City, Michigan) burned while laid up near Montreal, Quebec. She had just been taken from the Great Lakes by her new owners, the...
by import2 | February 2, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1913: The wooden passenger and freight carrier MANITOU sustained fire damage at Owen Sound and sank at the dock. The vessel was refloated, repaired and operated to the end of the 1939 season. 1939: February 2, 1939 – CHIEF WAWATAM went to the shipyard to have...
by import2 | February 1, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: On 01 February 1871, the SKYLARK (wooden propeller steamer, 90 tons, built in 1857) was purchased by the Goodrich Transportation Company from Thomas L. Parker for $6,000. 1883 1883: The steamer R. J. GORDON was sold to M. K. Muir of Detroit on 1 February...
