by import2 | August 14, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: The 149-foot bark MARY E. PEREW was found floating west of the Manitou Islands by the propeller MONTGOMERY. The PEREW had been sailing to Milwaukee with a load of coal when a storm came upon her so quickly on August 8 (nearly a week before MONTGOMERY...
by import2 | August 13, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1887 1887: The 272-foot, 1,740-gross-ton, wooden propeller freighter SITKA was launched by F.W. Wheeler (Hull #32) at West Bay City, Michigan. 1899 1899: H.G. CLEVELAND (wooden schooner, 137 feet, 264 tons, built in 1867 at Black River, Ohio) sank with a full load...
by import2 | August 12, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 1882: FLORIDA (three-mast wooden schooner, 352 tons, built in 1875 at Batiscan, Ontario) was carrying 662 tons of coal from Black River to Toronto when she sprang a leak and sank 12 miles from Port Maitland, Ontario. She hailed from Quebec and was constructed...
by import2 | August 11, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1862 1862: B.F. BRUCE (wooden propeller passenger steamer, 110 feet, 169 tons, built in 1852 at Buffalo, New York, as a tug) was carrying staves when she caught fire a few miles off Port Stanley, Ontario, in Lake Erie. She was run to the beach, where she burned to a...
by import2 | August 10, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1890 1890: TWO FANNIES (three-mast wooden bark, 152 feet, 492 gross tons, built in 1862 at Peshtigo, Wisconsin) was carrying 800 tons of iron ore on Lake Erie when a seam opened in rough weather. The crew kept at the pumps to no avail. They all made it off of the...
by import2 | August 9, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1850 1850: CHAUTAUQUE (wooden sidewheel steamer, 124 feet, 162 tons, built in 1839 at Buffalo, New York) caught fire in the St. Clair River and burned to a total loss. In previous years, she had been driven ashore in 1844 and sank twice — once in 1846, and again in...
