by import2 | April 22, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: On 22 April 1871, the 210-foot, 4-masted wooden schooner JAMES COUCH was launched at Port Huron, Michigan. She was named for a prominent Chicago businessman of the time. 1872 1872: On 22 April 1872, Capt. L. R. Boynton brought the wooden propeller...
by import2 | April 21, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1863 1863: On 21 April 1863, SEABIRD (wooden side-wheel steamer, 638 tons, built in 1859, at Newport [Marine City], Michigan) was purchased by Capt. A. E. Goodrich from Capt. E. Ward for $36,000. She served primarily on the Lake Michigan west-shore and Lake Superior...
by import2 | April 20, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1851 1851: On 20 April 1851, the COMET (wooden side-wheel steamer, 174 foot, 337 gross tons, built in 1848, at Portsmouth [Kingston], Ontario) had her boiler explode as she was departing Oswego, New York. Eight crew members were killed. The vessel was later raised,...
by import2 | April 19, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1880 1880: On 19 April 1880, the Port Huron Times reported the results of a severe gale: “The schooner CHRIS GROVER, ashore near Oscoda, Michigan, is reported going to pieces. The crew is aboard. The schooner ATHENIAN, lumber laden, is reported to have gone...
by import2 | April 18, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1848 1848: On 18 April 1848, the wooden schooner TRIBUNE went missing in lower Lake Michigan. Her fate was unknown until native fishermen discovered her masts standing upright off Cathead Point in November 1849. All 10 of her crew were lost. 1883 1883: On 18 April...
by import2 | April 17, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1840 1840: On 17 April 1840, the wooden side-wheeler CATARAQUI was burned to a total loss during a great fire, which destroyed much of the waterfront area of Kingston, Ontario. 1870 1870: The first vessels through the Straits of Mackinac for the 1870 season were...
