by import2 | November 24, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1966, Hjalmer Edwards became ill while working as a second cook on the steamer DANIEL J. MORRELL. He was transferred to the hospital at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan when the MORRELL transited the locks for the last time on Thanksgiving Day. Five days...
by import2 | November 23, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1940, the CONSUMERS POWER, a.) HARRY YATES of 1910, collided with the MARITANA on the Detroit River. The MARITANA sustained $11,089.91 in damage. MARITANA was scrapped at Hamilton, Ontario, in 1947. On 23 November 1863, BAY OF QUINTE (wooden schooner, 250 tons,...
by import2 | November 22, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Scrapping of SPRUCEGLEN, a.) WILLIAM K. FIELD was completed on November 22, 1986, by Lakehead Scrap Metal Co. at Thunder Bay Ontario. SPRUCEGLEN was the last Canadian coal-fired bulker. In 1947, the Canadian tanker BRUCE HUDSON broke down shortly after departing Port...
by import2 | November 21, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1934, the package freighter EDWARD L. LOOMIS, Captain Alex McKenzie, collided with the W. C. FRANZ, Captain Alex McIntyre, about 30 miles southeast of Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron. Four crewmen on the FRANZ drowned when the lifeboat turned over while being...
by import2 | November 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Pittsburgh Steamship’s steamer RALPH H. WATSON (Hull#285) was launched in 1937, at River Rouge, Michigan, by Great Lakes Engineering Works. In 1948, the ROBERT HOBSON was blown against the Duluth-Superior breakwall as she tried to enter the harbor during a...
by import2 | November 19, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
American Steamship’s SAM LAUD (Hull#712) was launched on this date in 1974 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. On this day in 1939, in a 24-hour-period, there were 132 transits of the Soo Locks. There were 71 upbound passages and 61 downbound passages. On this day in...
