by import2 | September 25, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 1869: COMMENCEMENT (two-masted wooden schooner; 75 feet; 73 tons; built in 1853 at Holland, MI) was carrying wood in her hold and telegraph poles on deck from Pentwater, MI, for Milwaukee, WI, when she sprang a leak 20 miles off Little Sable Point on Lake...
by import2 | September 24, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1879 1879: The tug URANIA was towing the schooner S.V.R. WATSON into Sand Beach, MI, at about noon when the schooner struck the tug amidships, cutting a hole in the hull and sinking her in three fathoms of water. No lives were lost. 1901 1901: M.M. DRAKE was...
by import2 | September 23, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: The scow WAUBONSIE was launched at the Curtis yard in Fort Gratiot, MI. 1910 1910: The BETHLEHEM (steel propeller package freighter; 290 feet; 2,633 gross tons; built in 1888 at Cleveland, OH) was carrying general merchandise when she went ashore in a...
by import2 | September 22, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 1882: Mr. H.N. Jex accepted the contract to recover the engine and boiler from the MAYFLOWER, which sank in the Detroit River in 1864. He was to be paid $600 upon delivery of the machinery at Windsor, ON. He succeeded in raising the engine on October 12 and...
by import2 | September 21, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1844 1844: JOHN JACOB ASTOR (wooden brig; 78 feet; 112 tons; built in 1835 at Pointe aux Pins, ON, but precut at Lorain, OH) was carrying furs and trade goods when she struck a reef and foundered near Copper Harbor, MI. She was owned by Astor’s American Fur Co. She...
by import2 | September 20, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 1856: COLONEL CAMP (three-masted wooden bark; 137 feet; 350 tons; built in 1854 at Three Mile Bay, NY) was carrying wheat to Oswego, NY, when she collided with the wooden steamer PLYMOUTH and sank in just a few minutes. No lives were lost. 1873 1873: W.L....
