by import2 | May 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871: On 13 May 1871, NORTHERNER (wooden barge, 220 foot, 1,391 gross tons) was launched by Capt. Wescott at Marine City, Michigan. Her master builder was John J. Hill. She was towed to Detroit to be fitted out and there was talk of eventually converting her to a...
by import2 | May 12, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875: On 12 May 1875, the scow-schooner SEA BIRD of Chicago was driven onto the beach a half-mile south of the harbor at Holland, Michigan by a Northeaster. After the storm, she was high and dry on the beach. 1884: The wooden J.S. SEAVERNS stranded near...
by import2 | May 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1854: The 144 foot, 3-mast, wooden bark JESSE HOYT was launched at East Saginaw, Michigan, by Smith & Whitney on 11 May 1854. Later in her career, she was converted to a schooner and lasted until 1896, when she sank in Lake Michigan in a collision. 1882: The...
by import2 | May 10, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1828: The first Welland Canal was opened between St. Catharine’s and Lake Ontario on 10 May 1828. The first vessel to navigate this route was the schooner WELLAND CANAL. This was a new vessel having been launched at St. Catharines, Ontario on 24 April 1828....
by import2 | May 9, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1864: On 9 May 1864, AMAZON (2-mast wooden brig, 93 foot, 172 tons, built in 1837 at Port Huron, Michigan as a schooner) was carrying coal from Cleveland for Lake Superior when she went out of control in a storm just as she was leaving the St. Clair River for Lake...
by import2 | May 8, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873: The 254-foot wooden freighter AMAZON was launched at A. A. Turner’s yard at Trenton, Michigan, on 8 May 1873. 1875: The 3-masted wooden schooner FRANK C. LEIGHTON was launched at 10:30 a.m. on 8 May 1875, at Dunford & Leighton’s yard in Port...
