by import2 | March 17, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1906 1906: SOVEREIGN, a steel hulled passenger ship that operated on the St. Lawrence in the Montreal area, was destroyed by a fire at Lachine, Quebec. The vessel was rebuilt that year as IMPERIAL and remained in service until 1928 when the boilers and hull were...
by import2 | March 16, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1831 1831: The Niagara Harbor & Dock Company, a shipbuilding firm, was incorporated on 16 March 1831, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. 1883 1883: On 16 March 1883, The Port Huron Times announced that the passenger and package freight steamer PICKUP would be...
by import2 | March 15, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1837 1837: Mr. Russell Armington died on 15 March 1837. He operated the first shipyard at St. Catharines, Ontario from 1828, until his death. 1882 1882: On 15 March 1882, GRACE PATTERSON (wooden propeller tug/freighter, 111 tons, built in 1880, at Grand Haven,...
by import2 | March 14, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: On 14 March 1873, the new railroad carferry SAGINAW went into the Port Huron Dry Dock Company’s dry dock where her engine was installed along with her shaft and propeller. Workmen had to break up the ice in the dry dock to release the schooner MARY...
by import2 | March 13, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1950 1950: The keel for the tanker IMPERIAL REDWATER (Hull#106) was laid March 13, 1950, at Port Arthur, Ontario, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. She was converted to a bulk freighter at Collingwood, Ontario and renamed b.) R. BRUCE ANGUS in 1954. The ANGUS operated...
by import2 | March 12, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1883 1883: On 12 March 1883, the steam barge R. MC DONALD was renamed IDA M. TORRENT. 1907 1907: G.A. TOMLINSON was launched March 12, 1907, as a) D.O. MILLS (Hull#29) at Ecorse, Michigan, by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Mesaba Steamship Co. 1910 1910: The...
