by import2 | February 8, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1902 1902: On 8 February 1902, ETRURIA (steel propeller freighter, 414 foot, 4,653 gross tons) was launched at W. Bay City, Michigan by West Bay City Ship Building Co. (Hull#604). She was built for the Hawgood Transit Company of Cleveland but only lasted three years....
by import2 | February 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1885 1885: On 06 February 1885, Capt. William Bridges of Bay City and A. C. Mc Lean of East Saginaw purchased the steamer D.W. POWERS (wooden propeller freighter, 140 foot, 303 gross tons, built in 1871, at Marine City, Michigan) for the lumber trade. This vessel had...
by import2 | February 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: February 5, 1870 – Captain William H. Le Fleur of the Pere Marquette carferry fleet, known as “the Bear” was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1972 1972: CHRISTIANE SCHULTE, a West German Seaway trader, went aground at Khidhes Island,...
by import2 | February 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: The Port Huron Weekly Times reported that “a Montreal company has purchased all the standing timber on Walpole Island Indian Reservation [on the St. Clair River…] A large force of men are employed in hewing, cutting and delivering the same on the banks of...
by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1899 1899: On 03 February 1899, the steamer GEORGE FARWELL (wooden propeller freighter, 182 foot, 977 gross tons, built in 1895, at Marine City, Michigan) burned while laid up near Montreal, Quebec. She had just been taken from the Great Lakes by her new owners, the...
by import2 | February 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1913 1913: The wooden passenger and freight carrier MANITOU sustained fire damage at Owen Sound and sank at the dock. The vessel was refloated, repaired and operated to the end of the 1939 season. 1939 1939: February 2, 1939 – CHIEF WAWATAM went to the...
