by import2 | May 10, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1828 1828: The first Welland Canal was opened between St. Catharine’s and Lake Ontario on 10 May 1828. The first vessel to navigate this route was the schooner WELLAND CANAL. This was a new vessel having been launched at St. Catharines, Ontario on 24 April...
by import2 | May 9, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1864 1864: On 9 May 1864, AMAZON (2-mast wooden brig, 93 foot, 172 tons, built in 1837 at Port Huron, Michigan as a schooner) was carrying coal from Cleveland for Lake Superior when she went out of control in a storm just as she was leaving the St. Clair River for...
by import2 | May 8, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: The 254-foot wooden freighter AMAZON was launched at A. A. Turner’s yard at Trenton, Michigan, on 8 May 1873. 1875 1875: The 3-masted wooden schooner FRANK C. LEIGHTON was launched at 10:30 a.m. on 8 May 1875, at Dunford & Leighton’s...
by import2 | May 7, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 1874: On 7 May 1874, the schooner JENNIE MATHEWS was launched at Hardison’s yard in Port Huron, Michigan. The launch started very slowly but with the help of men pulling on ropes, the vessel slid into the Black River nicely. Her first skipper was Capt....
by import2 | May 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1847 1847: On 6 May 1847, CUBA (wooden schooner, 89 foot, 139 tons, built in 1844 at Peninsula, New York as a brig) was carrying wheat near Point Breeze, New York in Lake Ontario when she was run down and sunk in a collision with the steamer GENESEE CHIEF. No lives...
by import2 | May 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1883 1883: The steam barge KITTIE M. FORBES was launched in Bay City, Michigan, on 5 May 1883. She was owned by Capt. William Forbes and named for his daughter. Her keel was laid on 1 December 1882. Her dimensions were 195 feet keel, 209 foot overall, 35 foot beam...
