by import2 | August 23, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1818, the first steamer above Niagara Falls, the WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Captain Job Fish, departed Buffalo on her maiden voyage. The 29 passengers paid a fare of $24 and arrived at Detroit in 44 hours and 10 minutes. On August 23, 1955, as part of the...
by import2 | August 22, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On August 22, 1898, the schooner FANNY CAMPBELL (wooden schooner, 404 tons, built in 1868, at St. Catherines, Ontario) ran ashore near Johnston’s Harbor in Georgian Bay. She was sailing light on her way for a load of cordwood. ALGOPORT left Collingwood, Ontario,...
by import2 | August 21, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
August 21, 1996 – The former U. S. Army Corps of Engineers tug MARQUETTE was downbound past Detroit on her delivery trip to her new owners, based in Key West, Florida. Renamed MONA LARUE in 1997, she is no longer in documentation. At 7:10 p.m. on August 21,...
by import2 | August 20, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 20 August 1881, MICHIGAN (Hull#48), (iron propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 215 foot, 1,183 tons) was launched by the Detroit Dry Dock Company at Wyandotte, Michigan for the Goodrich Transportation Company. She was then taken to Milwaukee for fitting out...
by import2 | August 19, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1865, the PEWABIC, Captain George P. McKay, was down bound on Lake Huron when she was rammed by her sister ship, METEOR. The PEWABIC sank with an estimated loss of 125 lives and a cargo of copper ingots, ore and hides valued at $500,000. On 19 August...
by import2 | August 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 18 August 1871, GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT (wooden schooner, 114 foot, 213 tons, built in 1852, at Black River, Ohio) was carrying lumber from Menominee to Chicago when she sprang a leak during a gale and capsized off Spider Island near Death’s Door on Lake...
