1872
The tug SMITH burned near Bay City, Michigan. Her loss was valued at $7,000 but there was no insurance on her.
1879
The ferry SARNIA made her first trip as a carferry between Port Huron and Sarnia. She had burned in January 1879, then was converted to a carferry and served in that capacity during the summer. In September, 1879, she was converted to a barge.
1898
The tug PETE GORMAN was raised after being sunk by the steamer CITY OF BUFFALO. She is not much injured. The local steamboat inspectors have taken up the case of the collision. The crew of the tug claim that their boat was run over by the CITY OF BUFFALO and the appearance of the wreck carries out their declaration, for the tug shows that the steamer struck her straight aft.
1898
The tug WINSLOW arrived in Bay City, Michigan, from Georgian Bay with a raft of logs for Eddy Bros. & Co. The tug NIAGARA arrived from the same bay with a raft for Pitts & Co. The sawmills along the Saginaw river are now nearly all in operation.
1910
The PETER REISS left Duluth, Minnesota, on her maiden voyage with iron ore for Ashtabula, Ohio. She was converted to a self-unloader in 1949, and scrapped at Ramey’s Bend in 1973.
1922
CHARLES DICK (Hull #71) was launched at Collingwood, Ontario, by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for National Sand & Material Co. Ltd.
1933
GEORGE M. COX hit Rock of Ages Reef in Lake Superior on its first trip after previous service as PURITAN. The vessel had 121 passengers and freight on board when it struck the reef in the early morning in fog. The ship hung at a precarious angle until all were rescued and then, during an October storm, the vessel slid back into deep water.
1980
NANTICOKE was christened for Canada Steamship Lines Ltd.
1981
CANADIAN PIONEER (Hull #67) was launched at St. Catharines, Ontario, by Port Weller Drydocks Ltd. for Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. She was renamed b.) PIONEER in 1987.
1994
HENRY STEINBRENNER was towed from Toledo’s Lakefront Dock for the scrap yard at Port Maitland, Ontario.
Contributors & Sources
Skip Gillham, Jody Aho, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II, and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series, Bowling Green State University, the Detroit Free Press, and the Duluth Evening Herald.
