by import2 | October 19, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE of 1908, had the honor on October 19, 1912, of being the first vessel to navigate the opening of the Livingstone Channel named after the man who helped conceive the idea of a separate down bound channel on the east side of Bob-Lo Island in the...
by import2 | October 18, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On October 18, 1869, GERALDINE (3-mast wooden schooner, 232 tons, built in 1856, at Wilson, New York as a bark) was carrying coal from Buffalo to Detroit in heavy weather. During the night, she collided with the schooner E. M. PORTCH five miles below “The...
by import2 | October 17, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1936, the 252-foot sand sucker SAND MERCHANT rolled over and sank when a 50 mph gale swept across Lake Erie. The steamer THUNDER BAY QUARRIES, Captain James Healey, rescued three survivors and the steamer MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO 1, Captain George...
by import | October 16, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Ryerson to Sail 06/30/1998: Reports are that the Ryerson’s crew is heading to fit-out the vessel. She should sail early this week. Reported by: D. Ocean Wolf River departs 06/30: The M.V.WOLF RIVER departed Slip No. 1 in Thunder Bay yesterday...
by import | October 16, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
U.S.C.G.C. Mackinaw to get new color 05/21/1998: The U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker U.S.C.G.C. Mackinaw (WAGB 83), homeported at Cheboygan, Mich., for operations on the U.S. Great Lakes, will lose its white hull following work that will begin the last week of this month....
by import | October 16, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Twin Ports Report 04/30/1998: Kinsman Independent made its second call of the season April 29 at the General Mills grain elevator in Duluth. The boat is also scheduled to load at the General Mills S elevator in Superior. Louis R. Desmarais finally departed the Twin...
