by import2 | May 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1839 1839: On 04 May 1839, ATLAS (wooden schooner, built in 1836, at Dexter, New York) was carrying building stone from Chaumont Bay to Oswego, New York, when she foundered 6 miles from Oswego. The steamer TELEGRAPH rushed out of Oswego to assist her but only found...
by import2 | May 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1840 1840: On 3 May 1840, CHAMPLAIN (wooden side-wheeler, 225 tons, built in 1832, at Chippewa, Ontario) was carrying general merchandise when a storm drove her ashore four miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan. Although abandoned, she was later recovered and rebuilt....
by import2 | May 2, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 1874: On 2 May 1874, the steamer 8TH OHIO was chartered by Magner & Company to carry their circus to various Great Lake ports throughout that season. 1874: The 3-mast schooner EDWARD KELLEY was launched at Dunford & Leighton’s yard in Port Huron...
by import2 | May 1, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 1858: On 01 May 1858, OGONTZ (wooden propeller steamer, 343 tons, built in 1848, at Ohio City, Ohio) was purchased by Capt. A. E. Goodrich and George C. Drew for $5,600. This was the second vessel in the Goodrich Line. Just two years later, Capt. Goodrich had...
by import2 | April 30, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1842 1842: On 30 April 1842, the side-wheeler COMMODORE BARRIE collided with the schooner CANADA about 10 miles off Long Point in Lake Ontario. The COMMODORE BARRIE became disabled and then sank about an hour and a half later. Her passengers and crew were rescued by...
by import2 | April 29, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 1865: On 29 April 1865, L.D. COWAN (wooden schooner, 165 tons, built in 1848, at Erie, Pennsylvania) was driven ashore near Pointe aux Barques, Michigan, in a storm and wrecked. 1875 1875: On 29 April 1875, the wooden schooner CLARA BELL of Sandusky was...
