by import2 | December 8, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1854: On 8 December 1854, WESTMORELAND (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 200 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying supplies for Mackinac Island, including liquor and supposedly $100,000 in gold. She capsized in a storm due...
by import2 | December 7, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1866: On 7 December 1866, M. BALLARD (2-mast wooden schooner, 116 foot, 288 tons, built in 1855, at Cleveland, Ohio) was lost with all hands in a storm on Lake Ontario. 1878: The wooden propeller bulk freighter MORLEY was launched at Marine City on 7 December 1878....
by import2 | December 6, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1886: On 06 December 1886, C. McElroy purchased the steamer CHARLIE LIKEN for use as a ferry at St. Clair, Michigan to replace the burned CLARA. 1874: On 6 December 1874, the Port Huron Times reported that the Port Huron Dry Dock Co. had been declared bankrupt and...
by import2 | December 5, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1857: The wooden 100-foot schooner BRILLIANT was close to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on 5 December 1857, where she was scheduled to pick up a load of lumber when she went on a reef close to shore and sank. No lives were lost. 1874: On 5 December 1874, the steam barge...
by import2 | December 4, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1838: On 4 December 1838, THAMES (wooden passenger/package-freight side-wheeler, 80 foot, 160 tons, built in 1833, at Chatham, Ontario) was burned at her dock in Windsor, Ontario by Canadian “patriots” during a raid on Windsor involving more than 500...
by import2 | December 3, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1850: On 3 December 1850, HENRY CLAY (2-mast wooden brig, 87 foot, 163 tons, built in 1842, at Huron, Ohio) was driven ashore at Point Nipigon in the Straits of Mackinac. She suffered little damage, but she was high and dry and unsalvageable. Her crew and passengers...
