by import2 | October 25, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1833 1833: On October 25,1833, JOHN BY (wooden stern-wheeler, 110 foot, built in 1832, at Kingston, Ontario) was on her regular route between York (now Toronto) and Kingston, Ontario when a storm drove her ashore near Port Credit, a few miles from York. Her terrible...
by import2 | October 24, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1855 1855: On October 24, 1855, ALLEGHENY (wooden propeller, 178 foot, 468 tons, built in 1849, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying general merchandise and passengers in a storm, when she anchored near the Milwaukee harbor entrance for shelter. She lost her stack and...
by import2 | October 23, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1868 1868: On October 23, 1868, F. T. BARNEY (wooden schooner, 255 tons, built in 1856, at Vermilion, Ohio) collided with the schooner TRACY J BRONSON and sank below Nine Mile Point, Northwest of Rogers City in Lake Michigan. The wreck was found in 1987, and sits in...
by import2 | October 22, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: On October 22, 1870, JENNIE BRISCOE (wooden schooner, 85 foot, 82 tons, built in 1870, at Detroit, Michigan) was raised from where she sank off Grosse Ile, Michigan, a couple of months earlier. She was in her first season of service when she collided with...
by import2 | October 21, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1886 1886: W.L. BROWN (wooden propeller freighter; 140 feet; 336 gross tons; built in 1872 at Oshkosh, WI, as NEPTUNE) was carrying iron ore from Escanaba, MI, for De Pere, WI. A storm struck while she was on Green Bay. She sprang a leak 1 mile from Peshtigo Reef...
by import2 | October 20, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1844 1844 DAYTON (two-masted wooden schooner; 69 feet; 85 tons; built in 1835 at Grand Island, NY) capsized and sank in Lake Erie off Dunkirk, NY, in a terrific gale. All onboard were lost. 1854 1854: JOHN J. AUDUBON (wooden brig; 370 tons; built in 1854 at...
