by import2 | May 7, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 1874: On 7 May 1874, the schooner JENNIE MATHEWS was launched at Hardison’s yard in Port Huron, Michigan. The launch started very slowly but with the help of men pulling on ropes, the vessel slid into the Black River nicely. Her first skipper was Capt....
by import2 | May 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1847 1847: On 6 May 1847, CUBA (wooden schooner, 89 foot, 139 tons, built in 1844 at Peninsula, New York as a brig) was carrying wheat near Point Breeze, New York in Lake Ontario when she was run down and sunk in a collision with the steamer GENESEE CHIEF. No lives...
by import2 | May 5, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1883: The steam barge KITTIE M. FORBES was launched in Bay City, Michigan, on 5 May 1883. She was owned by Capt. William Forbes and named for his daughter. Her keel was laid on 1 December 1882. Her dimensions were 195 feet keel, 209 foot overall, 35 foot beam and 14...
by import2 | May 4, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1839: On 04 May 1839, ATLAS (wooden schooner, built in 1836, at Dexter, New York) was carrying building stone from Chaumont Bay to Oswego, New York, when she foundered 6 miles from Oswego. The steamer TELEGRAPH rushed out of Oswego to assist her but only found a...
by import2 | May 3, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1840: On 3 May 1840, CHAMPLAIN (wooden side-wheeler, 225 tons, built in 1832, at Chippewa, Ontario) was carrying general merchandise when a storm drove her ashore four miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan. Although abandoned, she was later recovered and rebuilt....
by import2 | May 2, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1874: On 2 May 1874, the steamer 8TH OHIO was chartered by Magner & Company to carry their circus to various Great Lake ports throughout that season. 1874: The 3-mast schooner EDWARD KELLEY was launched at Dunford & Leighton’s yard in Port Huron on 2...
