1838
1838:  On 4 December 1838, THAMES (wooden passenger/package-freight side-wheeler, 80 foot, 160 tons, built in 1833, at Chatham, Ontario) was burned at her dock in Windsor, Ontario by Canadian “patriots” during a raid on Windsor involving more than 500 armed men.

1873
1873:  On 4 December 1873, a gale struck Saginaw Bay while the CITY OF DETROIT of 1866 was carrying 8,000 bushels of wheat, package freight and 26 crew and passengers. She was also towing the barge GUIDING STAR. The barge was cut loose in the heavy seas at 3:30 a.m. and about 7 a.m. the CITY OF DETROIT sank. Captain Morris Barrett of the GUIDING STAR saw three of the CITY OF DETROIT’s crew in one lifeboat and only one in another lifeboat. The CITY OF DETROIT went down stern first and the passengers and crew were seen grouped together on and about the pilothouse. Capt. Barrett and his crew of seven then abandoned GUIDING STAR. They arrived at Port Elgin, Ontario on 6 December in their yawl with their feet frozen. The barge was later found and towed in by the tug PRINDEVILLE.

1891
1891:  On 04 December 1891, the side-wheel wooden passenger steamer JEANIE, owned by John Craig & Sons, caught fire at the Craig & Sons shipyard in Toledo, Ohio, and burned to the water’s edge. She was valued at $25,000 and insured for $10,000.

1920
1920:  LIGHTSHIP 103 completed her sea trials December 4, 1920.

1920:  The first RENVOYLE went to saltwater for war service in 1915. It foundered in shallow water on this date in the Bay of Biscay in 1920. Salvage attempts failed. The hull was broken up by the elements and part was scrapped on site.

1947
1947:  EMORY L. FORD, Captain William J. Lane, departed the Great Northern Elevator in Superior, Wisconsin, with the most valuable cargo of grain shipped on the Great Lakes. The shipment, valued at more than $3 million, consisted of 337,049 bushes of flax valued at $7 a bushel and 140,000 bushels of wheat.

1951
1951:  CAPTAIN C.D. SECORD was disabled and under tow of the SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY when it broke loose in a storm off Isle Royale. The ship was retrieved by U.S.C.G. WOODRUSH and taken to safety and eventually to Port Arthur for repairs.

1957
1957:  IMPERIAL QUEBEC entered service on December 4, 1957. Renamed b.) SIBYL W. in 1987, and c.) PANAMA TRADER in 1992. Scrapped in Mexico in 1997.

1966
1966:  NAKWA RIVER sustained extensive fire damage at Montreal. The flames broke out while outbound from the Great Lakes.

1974
1974:  Algoma Central Marine’s ALGOSOO was the last ship built on the Lakes with the traditional fore and aft cabins; her maiden voyage took place today in 1974.

1986
1986:  AMERICAN REPUBLIC was blown on the breakwall at Lorain, Ohio, and received a five-foot gash on the side about 15 feet above the waterline.

1989
1989:  At 0210 hours on December 4, 1989, the U.S.C.G.C. MESQUITE ran aground in 12 feet of water at a point one-quarter nautical mile off Keweenaw Point. After a struggle to save the ship, the 53 persons aboard abandoned ship at 0830 hours and boarded the Indian salty MANGAL DESAI, which was standing by.

1990
1990:  IONIA caught fire in the engine room about 90 miles south of Puerto Rico while enroute from Tampa to Chittagong, Bangladesh. The damage was not repaired and the hull was towed to Aliaga, Turkey, as f) ONIA in 1991 and scrapped. The vessel began Seaway service in 1971 as the British flag freighter ZINNIA, returned as b) TIMUR SWIFT in 1983 and as d) ZENOVIA in 1985.

1992
1992:  ZEUSPLEIN caught fire in the bridge at Campana, Argentina, and became a total loss. The vessel was sold to shipbreakers in India and arrived for scrapping on June 1, 1993. It had first traveled the Seaway as a) ZEUS in 1972 and had been rebuilt as a container ship in 1983.

1997
1997:  EMERALD ISLE completed her maiden voyage from Beaver Island to Charlevoix on December 4, 1997. Her first cargo included a few cars and 400 passengers. EMERALD ISLE replaced BEAVER ISLANDER as the main ferry on the 32-mile run

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, S. Whelan, Russ Plumb, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

1857
1857:  The wooden 100-foot schooner BRILLIANT was close to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on 5 December 1857, where she was scheduled to pick up a load of lumber when she went on a reef close to shore and sank. No lives were lost.

1874
1874:  On 5 December 1874, the steam barge MILAN was scheduled to be hauled ashore at Port Huron to replace her “Mississippi wheel” with a propeller

1897
1897:  On 05 December 1897, the GEORGE W. MORLEY (wooden propeller bulk freighter, 193 foot, 1045 gross tons, built in 1888, at W. Bay City, Michigan) was sailing light from Milwaukee to Chicago when a fire started near her propeller shaft. It blazed up too quickly for the engineer to put it out and before he could get the fire pump started, the flames drove on deck. The firemen were kept at their posts as the vessel was steered to shore. She sank 100 yards off Greenwood Avenue, Evanston, Illinois. Luckily no lives were lost. The vessel’s engine was recovered in October 1898.

1909
1909:  HENRY STEINBRENNER (i) sank in a snowstorm on Mud Lake following a collision with the HARRY A. BERWIND. The superstructure remained above water and the ship was later refloated and repaired.

1927
1927:  The wooden steamer ADVANCE went aground off Manitoulin Island and two sailors were lost. The ship was salvaged but tied up at Cornwall later in the month and never operated again.

1927:  ALTADOC crashed on the rocks of the Keweenaw Peninsula when her steering gear parted during a Lake Superior storm. The machinery and pilothouse of the wreck were recovered in 1928. The pilothouse was eventually refurbished in 1942 and opened as the Worlds Smallest Hotel in Copper Harbor, Michigan. The owners resided in the captains’ quarters, a gift shop was set up in the chart room, a guest lounge was set up in the wheelhouse, and there were two rooms for guests.

1935
1935:  The lumber carrier SWIFT caught fire at Sturgeon Bay and was a total loss. The remains were scrapped in 1936.

1935:  The 65-year old wooden tug LUCKNOW burned outside the harbor at Midland and the ship was beached as a total loss.

1942
1942:  The keel was laid for the E.G. GRACE on December 5, 1942. This was the last of the six ships built by AmShip in the L6-S-A1 class for the United States Maritime Commission and was traded to the Interlake Steamship Company in exchange for older tonnage. She would later become the first of the “Maritime Class” vessels to go for scrap in 1984.

1951
1951:  SIR JAMES DUNN (Hull#109) was launched in 1951, for Canada Steamship Lines at Port Arthur, Ontario, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

1952
1952:  The wooden tug GARGANTUA departed Collingwood under tow and sought shelter from a storm early the next day behind Cabot Head. The ship was scuttled to avoid the rocky shore with the main part of the hull above water. The intent was to refloat the vessel in 1953 but it was abandoned instead.

1964
1964:  FAYETTE BROWN, enroute to Bilbao, Spain, for scrap, broke loose of the tug BARENTSZ ZEE in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and drifted aground on the south shore of Anticosti Island. Salvage efforts were not successful and the remains of the hull, now broken into many pieces, are still there.

1971
1971:  VENUS CHALLENGER was sunk by a missile in the India-Pakistan war while 26 miles south of Karachi. The ship broke in two and sank in 8 minutes. All 33 on board were lost. The vessel was completely darkened and going at 16 knots when hit. The ship had been a Seaway trader earlier in 1971 and as b) PLEIAS in 1968.

1973
1973:  Tanker SATURN (Hull#218) was launched in 1973, for Cleveland Tankers at Jennings, Louisiana, by S.B.A. Shipyards, Inc.

1976
1976:  TATIANA L. and RALPH MISENER sustained minor damage from a collision in the St. Lawrence. The former was scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan, as c) LUCKY LADY in 2009, while the latter arrived at Aliaga, Turkey, for dismantling as c) DON in September 2012.

1987
1987:  The CASON foundered off Punta Rostro, Spain, enroute from Hamburg to Shanghai, due to heavy weather. There were 8 survivors but another 23 sailors perished. There were explosions and fires in deck containers and the hull broke in two during a salvage effort in May 1988. The ship had come through the Seaway as b) WOLFGANG RUSS in 1978 and FINN LEONHARDT in 1979.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze , Russ Plumb, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

1874
1874:  On 6 December 1874, the Port Huron Times reported that the Port Huron Dry Dock Co. had been declared bankrupt and Mr. John Johnston had been appointed assignee of the company by the U.S. District Court.

1885
1885:  OCONTO grounded near Charity Island in Saginaw Bay on 6 December 1885. The passengers and crew were saved. She was built at Manitowoc in 1872, by Rand & Co. and owned by Capt. Gregory W. McGregor and Rensselaer VanSycle. She was later recovered but only lasted until July 1886, when she went down in the St. Lawrence River with a valuable cargo of merchandise. Although several attempts were made to recover her, she remains on the bottom and is a frequent charter dive target to this day.

1886
1886:  On 06 December 1886, C. McElroy purchased the steamer CHARLIE LIKEN for use as a ferry at St. Clair, Michigan to replace the burned CLARA.

1906
1906:  MONARCH, carrying a cargo of bagged flour, struck Blake Point, Isle Royale and broke in two. The stern sank in deep water and the survivors huddled on shore. They were spotted the next day by the passing steamer EDMONTON who had help sent out from Port Arthur. Only one life was lost.

1906:  R.L. IRELAND went aground off the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior, while loaded with coal. Some of the crew rowed a lifeboat to Bayfield for help. The vessel was salvaged and last sailed as c) ONTADOC (i) in 1970.

1909
1909:  BADGER STATE caught fire at Marine City, drifted downstream and stranded off Fawn Island. The hull burned to the waterline. 1910: DUNELM went aground on Isle Royale while downbound with grain for Montreal. It was salvaged on December 21 and taken to Port Arthur for repairs.

1917
1917:  TUSCARORA, recently cut in two, towed through the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, and rejoined at Montreal, sank with the loss of all hands off Cape Breton Island on the delivery voyage to the East Coast.

1924
1924:  MIDLAND PRINCE was swept onto a reef while under tow in the outer harbor at Port Colborne and sank the tugs JOSEPH H. and HOME RULE in the process. The laker was released the next day but the tugs were a total loss.

1951
1951:  GOLDEN HIND was launched at Collingwood, Ontario on December 6, 1951, as the tanker a.) IMPERIAL WOODBEND (Hull#147).

1961
1961:  N.M. Paterson & Sons LAWRENDOC (Hull#174) was launched December 6, 1961, at the Collingwood Shipyards

1961:  The listing freighter MARIANGELA B. was abandoned on the Mediterranean south of Formentera, Spain, after the cargo of zinc shifted in a storm. The vessel was towed to Cartagena, Spain, on December 8 but soon sold to Italian shipbreakers for dismantling at La Spezia in 1962. The vessel had been built at Sturgeon Bay as LABAN HOWES in 1943.

1973
1973:  American Steamship Co.’s H. LEE WHITE (Hull#711) was launched December 6, 1973, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Co.

1977
1977:  The passenger ship ROYAL CLIPPER caught fire in the engine room at Montreal. After five hours, the ship rolled on its side and sank. It was salvaged in 1982, towed to Port Maitland, and scrapped during 1984-1986.

1985
1985:  CONSUMERS POWER was laid up for the last time at Erie, Pennsylvania on December 6, 1985.

1988
1988:  On December 6, 1988, an arsonist set fire to the after end of FORT CHAMBLY while she was laid up at Ojibway Slip in Windsor, Ontario.

1988:  In 1988, Canada Steamship Lines’ HON. PAUL MARTIN was renamed b.) ATLANTIC ERIE..

1992
1992:  WILLIAM R. ROESCH was inbound at Holland, Mich., with a cargo of slag when it went aground. The ship was stuck for two hours.

2001
2001:  NANCY MELISSA visited the Great Lakes in 1980. It began taking water as e) EMRE BAY in the Ionian Sea and the crew abandoned the ship. The grain laden vessel was taken in tow to safety but was later sold for scrap and arrived at Aliaga, Turkey, for dismantling as f) RESBE on April 9, 2003.

2002
2002:  SAGINAW sustained rudder damage while backing away at Thorold and had to go to Hamilton for repairs.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Father Dowling Collection, Dave Swayze, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

1884
1884:  On 01 December 1884, the N BOUTIN (wooden propeller tug, 68 foot, 46 gross tons, built in 1882, at Buffalo, New York) sank in ten feet of water near Washburn, Wisconsin. Newspaper reports stated that she was leaking badly and was run toward shore to beach her but no details are given regarding the cause of the leak. She was recovered and repaired.

1875
1875:  On 1 December 1875, BRIDGEWATER (3-mast wooden schooner, 706 tons, built in 1866, at Buffalo, New York, as a bark) grounded on Waugoshance Point in the Straits of Mackinac. She was released fairly quickly and then was towed to Buffalo, New York, for repairs. In Buffalo, she was gutted by fire. In 1880-82, the propeller KEYSTONE was built on her hull.

1875:  On 1 December 1875, the Port Huron Times reported: “The schooner MARY E. PEREW went ashore in the Straits of Mackinac and by the brave efforts of the people on shore, her crew was rescued from perishing in the cold. Her decks were completely covered with ice and the seas were breaking over her. The vessel has a large hole in her bottom made by a rock that came through her. She will prove a total loss.” On 7 December 1875, that newspaper reported that MARY E. PEREW had been raised by a wrecker and would be repaired.

1882
1882:  On 1 December 1882, DAVID M. FOSTER (wooden 3-mast schooner, 121 foot, 251 tons, built in 1863, at Port Burwell, Ontario as a bark) was carrying lumber from Toronto to Oswego, New York, in a storm. She was picked up by a harbor tug outside of Oswego for a tow into the harbor, but the towline broke. The FOSTER went bows-on into the breakwater. She was holed and sank. No lives were lost. Her loss was valued at $3,300.

1909
1909:  In 1909, the MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO 2 sank on Lake Erie, 31 lives were lost.

1913
1913:  The SASKATOON’s ownership was transferred to the Canada Steamship Lines Ltd., Montreal, on December 1, 1913, when the company was formed and all six vessels of the Merchants Mutual Line were absorbed by CSL in 1914.

1922
1922:  FRED G. HARTWELL, the last boat built for the Franklin Steamship Co., was delivered to her owners on December 1, 1922, but her maiden voyage didn’t occur until early 1923, because of unfavorable weather conditions

1934
1934:  On 01 December 1934, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ESCANABA (WPG 64) (165 foot, 718 gross tons, built in 1932, at W. Bay City, Michigan) was involved in the rescue of the crew of the whaleback HENRY CORT off the piers at Muskegon, Michigan. Also that winter, she delivered food to the residents of Beaver Island, who were isolated due to the bad weather.

1940
1940:   The Columbia Transportation steamer CARROLLTON laid up in the Cuyahoga River with a storage load of 75,000 bushels of potatoes.

1953
1953:  SULLIVAN BROTHERS (steel straight-deck bulk freighter, 430 foot, 4897 gross tons, built in 1901, at Chicago, Illinois as FREDERICK B. WELLS) grounded at Vidal Shoal on Tuesday evening, 01 Dec 1953. She was loaded with grain and rested on solid rock. She was recovered.

1961
1961:  The Canada Steamship Lines bulk canaller ELGIN struck the Charelvoix Bridge on the Lachine Canal when the structure did not open properly due to a faulty bridge mechanism. The waterway was closed for several days but the ship was not damaged.

1961:  ARIE H., a Liberian flagged Liberty ship, went aground near the Snell Lock but was refloated and, the following day, departed the Seaway as the last oceangoing ship of the season.

1974
1974:  On December 1, 1974, the Canadian motor vessel JENNIFER foundered on Lake Michigan in a storm. Her steel cargo apparently shifted and she foundered 24 miles southwest of Charlevoix, Michigan. The JENNIFER went to the bottom in water too deep for any salvage attempt.

1982
1982:  The fire-damaged HUDSON TRANSPORT was put up for sale by Marine Salvage in December 1982.

1985
1985:  December 1, 1985 – SPARTAN broke loose from her moorings at Ludington in a storm and ended up near Buttersville Island. She was pulled off on December 5, by the Canonie tugs SOUTH HAVEN and MUSKEGON with the help of the CITY OF MIDLAND 41. It took about 10 hours.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Russ Plumb, Father Dowling Collection, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

1866
1866:  On 7 December 1866, M. BALLARD (2-mast wooden schooner, 116 foot, 288 tons, built in 1855, at Cleveland, Ohio) was lost with all hands in a storm on Lake Ontario.

1878
1878:  The wooden propeller bulk freighter MORLEY was launched at Marine City on 7 December 1878. She was on the stocks for two years and was built for the Morley Brothers and Hill. She was a double decker with side arches between decks with iron straps. She also had iron trusses running through the center. Her boiler was on the main deck and she had the engine from the tug WM PRINGLE. She had three spars, a centerboard, and could carry 45,000 bushels of grain.

1892
1892:  The railcar ferry ANN ARBOR NO 2 (Hull#56), was launched on December 7, 1892 at Toledo, Ohio by Craig Ship Building Co. Sold in 1914 and cut down to a barge, renamed b.) WHALE in 1916, abandoned in 1927

1893
1893:  On 07 December 1893, the hull of the burned steamer MASCOTTE (steel ferry, 103 foot, 137 gross tons, built in 1885, at Wyandotte, Michigan) was towed from New Baltimore to Detroit by the tug LORMAN for repairs. She was rebuilt and put back in service. She went through nine owners in a career that finally ended with another fire in Chicago in 1934.

1894
1894:  On 7 December 1894, KEWEENAW (steel steamer, 291 foot, 2511 gross tons, built in 1891, at W. Bay City, Michigan) was seen groping toward the coast of the State of Washington in a severe gale. With distress signals flying, she put back to sea and foundered. She was built by F. W. Wheeler (Hull #73) for saltwater service. Built in two pieces, she was towed down the St. Lawrence and reassembled at Montreal.

1901
1901:  The steel side-wheel passenger steamer EASTERN STATES (Hull#144) was launched on December 7, 1901, by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company for the Detroit and Buffalo Steamship Company.

1906
1906:  In 1906, the ANN ARBOR NO 4 arrived Frankfort on her maiden voyage.

1906:  On December 7, 1906, the R. L. IRELAND stranded on Gull Island in the Apostle Islands, Lake Superior.

1906:  PERCIVAL ROBERTS JR. (Hull#398) was launched December 7, 1912, for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Co.

1909
1909:  MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 2 disappeared with all hands in the overnight hours of December 7-8 while crossing Lake Erie from Conneaut to Port Stanley with 30 loaded railway cars. The hull has never been located.

1912
1912:  The whaleback BARGE 134 was operating on the East Coast as b) BANGOR when it stranded and broke up near Hampton Roads, Va. The hull was salvaged by blasting and dredging in 1975.

1917
1917:  SIMCOE, of the Canadian Department of Marine & Fisheries, left the Great Lakes earlier in the fall for new work on the Bay of Fundy. It sent out an S.O.S. that it was sinking in heavy seas and the ship was never seen again. The only trace was a lifering that came ashore at Sable Island. There were 44 on board.

1927
1927:  KAMLOOPS, inbound for the Canadian Lakehead, disappeared with all hands overnight December 6-7. The hull was finally found by divers off 12 O’Clock Point, Isle Royale, in 1977.

1927:  AGAWA stranded on Advance Reef, Georgian Bay along the south shore of Manitoulin Island. It spent the winter aground and was not released until Nay 16, 1928. The hull had been declared a total loss but was rebuilt at Collingwood as the ROBERT P. DURHAM and then later sailed as c) HERON BAY (i).

1927: The first MARTIAN went aground off Hare Island, Lake Superior and was not released until December 14.

1929
1929:  ULVA sank in the ice at Port Colborne but was raised, refitted and returned to service in 1930. The British built freighter operated between Maritime Canada and the Great Lakes until about 1939. It was torpedoed and sunk by U-60 northwest of Ireland on September 3, 1940.

1932
1932:  On December 7, 1932, the MARQUIS ROEN caught fire at Meacher’s dock at Bay City, and before the fire was brought under control, the cabins and after end were destroyed.

1941
1941:  The tanker MAKAWELI was reported to be anchored at Pearl Harbor during the infamous Japanese attack and damaged. The ship was built at Ashtabula as COWEE in 1919 and returned to the Great Lakes for Lakeland Tankers in 1946.

1967
1967:  FIR HILL, a Seaway trader in 1961, went aground off Yasuoka, Japan, as d) UNIVERSAL CRUSADER. It was lightered and released but sold for scrap and broken up at Hirao, Japan, in 1968. 1969: The bulk carrier PETITE HERMINE and TEXACO CHIEF (ii) collided in fog near Prescott and both ships had slight damage. The former became c) CANADIAN HUNTER while the latter last operated on the lakes as c) ALGONOVA (i).

1970
1970:  Captain John Roen of the Roen Steamship Co. died on December 7, 1970.

1973
1973:  The GEORGE R. FINK, under tow, arrived at Gandia, Spain prior to December 7, 1973, for scrapping.

1976
1976:  The Liberian flag bulk carrier UNIMAR grounded leaving Thunder Bay with a cargo of grain and was not released until December 15.

1976:  HARRY L. ALLEN of the Kinsman fleet went aground in Lake St. Clair, near St. Clair, Mich., and was held fast in the ice before being freed by tugs.

1981
1981:  W.W. HOLLOWAY was laid up December 7, 1981, for the last time in Toledo’s Frog Pond.

1982
1982:  The LEADALE, a.) JOHN A. KLING sank in the Welland Canal on December 7, 1982, and was declared a constructive total loss.

1982:  LEADALE (ii) finished unloading salt at Thorold and backed into a concrete dolphin while departing the dock. A hole was punched in the hull and the ship sank while trying to get back to the dock. LEADALE was refloated December 19, towed to Port Colborne and scrapped by Marine Salvage in 1983. 1983: UNISOL had been docked at Chandler, Que., to load newsprint but left to ride out an approaching storm after being pounded against the dock. The ship ran aground while outbound and the crew was saved by a Canadian Forces helicopter. The vessel, noted as the first Peruvian flag freighter to transit the Seaway earlier that year, broke up in the storm.

1983
1983:  The Norwegian freighter WOODVILLE began visiting the Great Lakes in 1962. It ran aground near Palau Mungging, Malaysia, enroute from Bangkok, Thailand, to Malacca, Malaysia, as d) PETER RICH and was abandoned as a total loss.

1989
1989:  CAPITAINE TORRES, enroute from the Great Lakes, got caught in a vicious storm on the Gulf of St. Lawrence on December 7-8 after the cargo shifted. All 23 on board were lost when the ship went down.

1990
1990:  The ENERCHEM LAKER was sold to Environment Protection Services, Inc., Panama and departed Montreal on December 7, 1990, for off-lakes service with the new name d) RECOVERY VIII. Built for Hall Corp. of Canada as a.) ROCKCLIFFE HALL, converted to a tanker renamed b.) ISLAND TRANSPORT in 1985, and c.) ENERCHEM LAKER in 1986. Renamed e.) MORGAN TRADER in 1993, and currently serves as a bunkering tanker in Suez, Egypt as f.) ANNA II, renamed in 1997.

2005
2005:  ZIEMIA LODZKA collided with and sank the VERTIGO in shallow water in the Great Belt off Denmark. All were saved. The former began Great Lake trading in 1992.

2010
2010:  The passenger ship CLELIA II, a Great Lakes visitor in 2009, was hit by a monstrous wave in the Antarctic Ocean smashing the pilothouse window and damaging electronic equipment. The vessel made Ushusia, Argentina, safely and only one member of the crew had a minor injury.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Max Hanley, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

1832
1832:  On 2 December 1832, the wooden schooner CAROLINE was carrying dry goods worth more than $30,000 from Oswego to Ogdensburg, New York, in a violent storm. She capsized and sank off Ducks Island on Lake Ontario with the loss of one life. Five survived in the yawl and made it to the island in 6 hours. After much suffering from the cold and snow, they were rescued by the schooner HURON.

1857
1857:  On 02 December 1857, the NAPOLEON (wooden propeller, 92 foot, 181 tons, built in 1845, at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, as a schooner) went to the assistance of the schooner DREADNAUGHT. In the rescue attempt, the NAPOLEON bent her rudder and disabled her engine. Helpless, she went on a reef off Saugeen, Ontario, and was pounded to pieces. Her engine, boiler and gear were salvaged in the autumn of 1858, and sold at Detroit, Michigan.

1874
1874:  On 2 December 1874, the steam barge GERMANIA was launched at King’s yard in Marine City, Michigan. The Port Huron Times of 4 December 1874 reported that she “is probably the cheapest boat ever built in Marine City, wages and material, iron, etc. being very low.” This was due to the nation just recovering from the “Panic of 1873.” The vessel’s dimensions were 144 feet overall x 56 feet 2 inches x 11 feet 9 inches.

1912
1912:   On this day December 2, 1912, the only side wheel steamer ever built in Milwaukee, the FLORA, burned in Chicago’s North Branch River.

1937
1937:  Pittsburgh Steamship Co.’s GOVERNOR MILLER (Hull # 810) was launched in1937, at Lorain, Ohio, by American Ship Building Co.

1942
1942:  On this day in 1942, the tug ADMIRAL and tanker-barge CLEVECO encountered a late season blizzard on Lake Erie. The ADMIRAL sank approximately 10 miles off Avon Point, Ohio, with a loss of 11. The CLEVECO sank 30 hours later off Euclid Beach with a loss of 19.

1950
1950:  Duluth – December 2, 1950 – In the early part of this week there were as many as 41 Great Lakes vessels lined up in the Duluth-Superior harbor awaiting their turn to take on their cargoes of iron ore. Freezing temperatures prevailed at the head of the lakes and ore steaming operations permitted loading only of about 10 boats per day.

1964
1964:  The anchors of AGIOS NICOLAOS II dragged in a storm on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the ship drifted aground at Sea-Cow Head, near Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The ship was released and towed to Halifax but not repaired. It had first come through the Seaway as a) ALKAID in 1961 and made one trip inland as b) AGIOS NICOLAOS II in 1964. Following a sale for scrap, the ship arrived at Bilbao, Spain, under tow of the tug PRAIA DE ADRAGA, on April 2, 1965.

1967
1967:  The tanker LUBROLAKE and tug IRVING BEECH were blown aground on Cape Breton Island, near New Waterford, NS at a site called the No. 12 Stone Dump. Both ships were abandoned and broken up to the waterline there at a later date.

1968
1968:  Hall Corporation of Canada’s OTTERCLIFFE HALL (Hull # 667) was launched December 2, 1968, at Lauzon, Quebec, by Davie Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

1973
1973:  GEORGE R. FINK, b) ERNEST T. WEIR under tow passed Gibraltar on December 2, 1973, and arrived at Gandia, Spain, prior to December 7, 1973, for scrapping.

1975
1975:  December 2, 1975, the brand new carferry WOLFE ISLANDER III sailed into Kingston from Thunder Bay, Ontario. The new 55-car ferry would replace the older ferries WOLFE ISLANDER and UPPER CANADA.

1976
1976:  PEARL ASIA went aground off Port Weller while waiting clearance to head upbound to Thorold with a cargo of bauxite. After being lightered to MAPLEHEATH, the vessel was pulled free. It had begun Seaway trading as a) CRYSTAL CROWN in 1960 and first returned as b) PEARL ASIA in 1971.

1977
1977:  KEFALONIA SKY arrived at New Orleans with engine trouble that was later deemed beyond economic repair. The vessel was sold for scrapping at Brownsville, Texas, in 1978. It had first visited the Seaway as NIEUWE TONGE in 1960 and returned as b) AMSTELDIEP in 1963.

1982
1982:  NIPIGON BAY last ran in 1982 and was laid up at Montreal on December 2nd.

2006
2006:  The tug SENECA broke loose of the SUSAN B. HOEY on Lake Superior and was blown aground 21 miles east of Grand Marais, Mich. It was refloated on Dec. 23 and taken to Sault Ste. Marie for assessment.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Dave Wobser, Brian Johnson, Russ Plumb, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

1854
1854:  On 8 December 1854, WESTMORELAND (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 200 foot, 665 tons, built in 1853, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying supplies for Mackinac Island, including liquor and supposedly $100,000 in gold. She capsized in a storm due to the heavy seas and the weight of the thick ice on her superstructure. She sank in the Manitou Passage in Lake Michigan and dragged one of the loaded lifeboats down with her. 17 lives were lost. There were many attempts to find her and recover her cargo. Some reports indicate the wreck was found in 1874, however it was not discovered until 2010 by Ross Richardson.

1876
1876:  IRA CHAFFE was driven ashore in a severe snowstorm near the Chocolay River, Lake Superior, near Munising. All on board were saved and the ship was eventually released.

1886
1886:  On 8 December 1886, BELLE (2-mast wooden schooner, 61 foot, 40 gross tons, built in 1866, at Port Dalhousie, Ontario) burned while frozen in at anchor.

1909
1909:  W.C. RICHARDSON stranded on Waverley Shoal, 2 miles west of Buffalo. A storm had prevented entrance to Buffalo and the ship was riding out the weather on the lake. The hull had to by dynamited as a navigational hazard when salvage efforts failed. Five lives were lost.

1909:  Fire broke out in the hold of the CLARION off Southeast Shoal, Lake Erie. Six sailors who huddled on the stern were picked up in a daring rescue by the LEONARD C. HANNA the next day. Another 14 were lost when their lifeboat was swept away in the storm and one more perished when he went into the hold to fight the fire.

1917
1917:  On 08 December 1917, DESMOND (wooden propeller sand-sucker, 149 foot, 456 gross tons, built in 1892, at Port Huron, Michigan) sprang a leak off Michigan City, Indiana, during gale and then capsized within sight of the lighthouse at South Chicago, Illinois. Seven lives were lost. Six others were rescued by the tugs WILLIAM A. FIELD, GARY and NORTH HARBOR.

1927
1927:  LAMBTON stranded on Parisienne Shoal, Lake Superior, with the loss of 2 lives. The engine was removed for the FERNIE and the hull salvaged in 1928 for further work as the barge c) SALVUS.

1963
1963:  FORT ALBANY sank in the St. Lawrence off Lanorie after a collision with the PROCYON, and five members of the crew were lost. Heavy fog persisted at the time. The hull was refloated in June 1964, taken to Sorel, and scrapped.

1969
1969:  JAMES DAVIDSON was laid up for the last time on December 8, 1969, at Toledo, Ohio.

1971
1971:  HARMATTAN was attacked with missiles and gunfire by Indian Naval units south of Karachi, Pakistan, and heavily damaged. Seven sailors were killed and the ship was abandoned. It arrived at Karachi March 2, 1972, and was scrapped. The ship had been a Seaway trader earlier in 1971.

1974
1974:  MERLE M. McCURDY collided with U.S. Steel’s PHILIP R. CLARKE opposite Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan on Lake St. Clair, December 8, 1974.

1979
1979:  CANADIAN ENTERPRISE (Hull#65) was christened December 8, 1979, at St. Catharines, Ontario, by Port Weller Drydocks. Ltd.

1982
1982:  The Liberian freighter GENIE came through the Seaway in 1972. It was badly damaged by an explosion and fire on this date while laid up the Seychelles Islands. The hull was taken to Karachi, Pakistan, and scrapped in 1985.

1983
1983:  AKTION, a Seaway trader for the first time in 1970, was laid up at Piraeus, Greece, as e) ELISA when fire broke out and the vessel was heavily damaged aft. The hull was towed into Aliaga, Turkey, in October 1984, and broken up for scrap.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Max Hanley, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series

1850
1850:  On 3 December 1850, HENRY CLAY (2-mast wooden brig, 87 foot, 163 tons, built in 1842, at Huron, Ohio) was driven ashore at Point Nipigon in the Straits of Mackinac. She suffered little damage, but she was high and dry and unsalvageable. Her crew and passengers were picked up by the passing steamer TROY.

1872
1872:  On 3 December 1872, the officers and crew of the schooner E. KANTER arrived home in Detroit, Michigan. They reported that their vessel was driven ashore near Leland, Michigan in Lake Michigan on 26 November and was broken up by the waves.

1881
1881:  On 03 December 1881, the DE PERE (wooden propeller, 736 tons, built in 1875, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) was caught in a severe southwest gale and blizzard on Lake Michigan. She was driven ashore near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. All efforts to free her failed, so she was left to winter where she lay. In April 1882, she was pulled free by the Goodrich tug ARCTIC and towed to Manitowoc for repairs. Little damage was found and she was back in service quickly.

1891
1891:  On 03 December 1891, the OGEMAW (wooden propeller freighter, 167 foot, 624 gross tons, built in 1881, at St. Clair, Michigan) sprang a leak on Big Bay de Noc and sank. Her decks and cabins were blown off as she sank in 11 fathoms of water, 1 1/2 miles northwest of Burnt Bluff. Her crew was rescued by her consorts MAXWELL and TILDEN. Although the vessel was removed from enrollment as a total loss, she was later raised, rebuilt, and re-documented in 1894. However, 03 December was a fateful date for this steamer because on that date in 1922, she burned 1-1/2 miles below Grand Point, near Harsens Island, on the St. Clair River Đ this time to a total and final loss.

Back during the rough days of November on the lakes, the crews of the Imperial Oil tankers would wet the tablecloths in the mess rooms to keep plates, glasses and silverware from sliding off the tables.

1909
1909:  BARGE 101, a whaleback built on the Great Lakes in 1888, sank off Seal Island, Maine enroute from Boston to Halifax with coal tar. The crew of seven was lost.

1909:  The LE GRAND S. DEGRAFF collided with the steamer HARVARD while down bound in the Detroit River in fog.

1918
1918:  The forward end of the former Pittsburgh steamer MANOLA sank during a gale on Lake Ontario. The :after end received a new forward end and sailed for several years as the MAPLEDAWN.

1927
1927:  ROBERT W. STEWART, b.) AMOCO MICHIGAN in 1962) was launched in 1927, at Lorain, Ohio (Hull # 802), by the American Ship Building Co.

1942
1942:  Yesterday and today the tug ADMIRAL and petroleum barge CLEVECO were lost with all hands off Euclid Beach, Ohio. A total of 32 sailors perished.

1954
1954:  The tug ROUILLE sank off Cape Smoky, NS with the loss of 5 lives. The vessel was built in 1929 as Hull 83 at the Collingwood Shipyard and had been on the lakes earlier in the year.

1959
1959:  THEODORUS A., seized earlier on Lake St. Clair due to debts, went aground twice while under tow to be unloaded. The vessel was released and spent the winter on the lakes. The crew was sent home.

1963
1963:  LIONEL and MANCHESTER MERCHANT collided at the entrance to the Seaway. The former caught fire and was beached at Ronde Island with heavy damage. It was rebuilt at Drammen, Norway, in 1964, returned inland as b) SKAGATIND in 1965 and was scrapped following another fire as e) ALECOS in 1982.

1967
1967:  TORONTO CITY, a Seaway trader from 1959 through 1962, went aground near the Elbe I Light enroute from Rostock, Germany, to Rotterdam, Holland, as d) EMMANUEL M. The crew was rescued and the ship was refloated July 7, 1970, sold for scrap, and broken up at Hamburg, Germany.

1981
1981:  IRVING S. OLDS was laid up for the final time on December 3, 1981, at the Hallett Dock #5, Duluth, Minnesota, due to market conditions and her inability to compete with the 60,000-ton carrying capacity of the self-unloading thousand-foot bulk freighters.

1982
1982:  Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd.’s CANADIAN AMBASSADOR (Hull#70) was launched December 3, 1982, at St. Catharines, Ontario, by Port Weller Drydocks Ltd.

1985
1985:  An engine room fire broke out aboard the SKRADIN at Augusta, Italy, and the ship was a total loss. It had been a Seaway trader as b) BALTIC WASA beginning in 1971 and first returned under the current name in 1976. The damaged vessel was quickly sold for scrap and arrived at Split, Yugoslavia, December 28, 1985, for dismantling.

1987
1987:  The former Straits of Mackinac passenger and auto ferry VACATIONLAND sank off Oregon while under tow for scrapping in the Far East.

1993
1993:  HOPE I was seriously damaged when it hit bottom east of Quebec City. The ship had traded inland as a) NOSIRA MADELEINE beginning in 1983 and had returned as b) HOPE I earlier in 1993. It was repaired at Lauzon and continued Great Lakes service through 2002. The bulk carrier was back as c) HOPE in 2004.

1995
1995:  The former Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier RIMOUSKI, renamed b) CANADIAN HARVEST, broke in two 114 miles NE of Sable Island while under tow for scrapping in India. The stern sank first. The bow was released two days later and was also lost.

Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Dave Swayze, Ron LaDue, Russ Plumb, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday December 3.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net
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PORT REPORT 12/4/2025 

MARIATOWN, CANADA-Ron Beaupre
3 December 2025
01:30 ALGOMA INNOVATOR departs Johnstown up bound in ballast.
04:29 ALGOMA CONVEYOR arrives at Johnstown to unload grain cargo.
04:48 ALGOMA SAULT, up, cargo, for Clarkson.
06:57 EVANS SPIRIT, up, for Monroe.
07:18 NACC ARGONAUT, up, cargo; cement for Oshawa.
08:47 ALGOMA NIAGARA, down, cargo, for Cote Ste Catherines.
10:09 WILF SEYMOUR & ALOUETTE SPIRIT, down, cargo, for Montreal.
11:26 BLACKY of Limassol, down, cargo, for Montreal.
12:21 CSL WELLAND, down, cargo; grain for Montreal.
13:26 WICKY SPIRIT, up, for Clarkson.
13:51 JOHANNA G of Madeira, down, cargo, for Damietta, Egypt.
14:31 OSOGOVO of Valletta, down, cargo, for the Sea.
15:13 FEDERAL FREEDOM, up, for Hamilton.
16:43 DRAWSKO, down, cargo, for Waterford, Ireland.
19:12 ALGOSOLIS, down, cargo, for Montreal.
21:34 FEDERAL BEAUFORT, down, for Montreal.
22:49 BARBARICA, down, for Montreal.

JOHNSTOWN, CANADA                            [CAJOH]
12/3/2025  Algoma Innovator-DEPARTS-1:28 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Algoma Conveyor-ARRIVES-3:51 AM
DUE:
Federal Indiana-DUE-12/4/2025-11:56 AM

OAKVILLE, CANADA                                    [CAOAK]
DUE:
Mia Desgagnes-DUE-12/5/2025-12:00 PM

OSWEGO, NEW YORK                                 [USOSW]
DUE:
Iver Bright-DUE-12/4/2025-1:34 AM

PICTON, CANADA                                           [CAPIC]
DUE:
McKeil Spirit-DUE-12/3/2025-9:37 AM

OSHAWA, CANADA                                     [CAOSH]
DUE:
NACC Argonaut-DUE-12/4/2025-3:32 AM
Federal Churchill-DUE-12/5/2025-3:55 AM

TORONTO,CANADA                                     [CATOR]
12/3/2025  Tamarack-ARRIVES-5:55 AM
DUE:
CSL Assiniboine-DUE-12/4/2025-5:18 AM

CLARKSON, CANADA                                [CACSN]
12/3/2025  CSL Tadoussac-DEPARTS-11:43 AM-For-Clarkson, Canada [Anchor]
12/3/2025  Atlantic Spirit-DEPARTS-8:14 PM-For-Montreal, Canada
12/3/2025  Hinch Spirit-ARRIVES-4:55 PM
DUE:
Algoma Sault-DUE-12/4/2025-6:01 AM
Wicky Spirit-DUE-12/4/2025-6:01 AM

HAMILTON,CANADA                                   [CAHAM]
12/3/2025  Wyatt M-ARRIVES-5:32 AM
12/3/2025  Lois M-ARRIVES-6:35 AM
12/3/2025  Hinch Spirit-DEPARTS-3:32 PM-For-Clarkson, Canada
12/3/2025  Gaia Desgagnes-DEPARTS-7:15 PM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  G3 Marquis-DEPARTS-10:45 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
DUE:
Federal Sakura-DUE-12/3/20258-8:30 AM
Bonita Ann-DUE-12/3/2025-7:09 AM
Sterling Energy-DUE-12/4/2025-1:00 AM
Federal Freedom-DUE-12/4/2025-1:00 PM
Everlast-DUE-12/4/2025-10:33 AM
Algoma Mariner-DUE-12/5/2025-11:10 AM
Algoma Bear-DUE-12/6/2025-2:41 PM
Federal Delta-DUE-12/5/2025-12:15 PM
John D Leitch-DUE-12/5/2025-12:49 PM

PORT WELLER,CANADA                           [CAPWE]
12/3/2025  Federal Asahi-DEPARTS-12:29 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Algosolis-DEPARTS-1:28 AM-For-Morrisburg West, Canada
12/3/2025  Lois M-ARRIVES-2:05 AM
12/3/2025  Wyatt M-ARRIVES-2:07 AM
12/3/2025  Federal Beaufort-ARRIVES-3:07 AM
12/3/2025  Wyatt M-DEPARTS-3:23 AM-For-Hamilton, Canada
12/3/2025  Lois M-DEPARTS-3:28 AM-For-Hamilton, Canada
12/3/2025  Barbarica-ARRIVES-4:32 AM
12/3/2025  Federal Beaufort-DEPARTS-4:34 AM-For-Montreal, Canada
12/3/2025  Hudsongracht-ARRIVES-4:57 AM
12/3/2025  Iver Bright-ARRIVES-5:46 AM
12/3/2025  Barbarica-DEPARTS-5:51 AM-For-Montreal, Canada
12/3/2025  Vigilant I-ARRIVES-6:26 AM
12/3/2025  Hudsongracht-DEPARTS-6:30 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Everlast-ARRIVES-6:38 AM
12/3/2025  Iver Bright-DEPARTS-7:32 AM-For-Oswego, New York
12/3/2025  Everlast-DEPARTS-8:16 AM
12/3/2025  Atlantic Huron-ARRIVES-9:26 AM
12/3/2025  Atlantic Huron-DEPARTS-11:03 AM-For-Quebec, Canada
12/3/2025  Capt. Henry Jackman-ARRIVES-5:25 PM
12/3/2025  Capt. Henry Jackman-DEPARTS-7:20 PM-For-Baie Comeau, Canada
12/3/2025  Algoma Innovator-ARRIVES-7:23 PM
12/3/2025  Algoma Innovator-DEPARTS-9:35 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  CSL St Laurent-ARRIVES-9:43 PM
12/3/2025  Gaia Desgagnes-ARRIVES-10:16 PM
12/3/2025  Algoluna-ARRIVES-11:18 PM
12/3/2025  CSL St Laurent-DEPARTS-11:19 PM-For-Montreal, Canada
12/3/2025  Gaia Desgagnes-DEPARTS-11:52 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada

THOROLD, CANADA                                    [CATHD]
12/3/2025  Iver bright-ARRIVES-12:06 AM
12/3/2025  Everlast-ARRIVES-12:28 AM
12/3/2025  Federal Beaufort-DEPARTS-12:36 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Barbarica-DEPARTS-2:08 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Federal Asahi-ARRIVES-3:11 AM
12/1/2025  Iver Bright-DEPARTS-3:21 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Atlantic Huron-ARRIVES-3:28 AM
12/3/2025  Everlast-DEPARTS-4:34 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Atlantic Huron-DEPARTS-6:39 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Federal Asahi-DEPARTS-6:50 AM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/3/2025  Hudsongracht-ARRIVES-8:51 AM
12/3/2025  Capt. Henry Jackman-ARRIVES-10:10 AM
12/3/2025  Hudsongracht-DEPARTS-12:37 PM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/3/2025  Capt, Henry Jackman-DEPARTS-2:12 PM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  CSL St Laurent-ARRIVES-2:43 PM
12/3/2025  Algoluna-ARRIVES-3:45 PM
12/3/2025  CSL St Laurent-DEPARTS-6:34 PM-For-Montreal, Canada
12/3/2025  Thunder Bay-ARRIVES-7:11 PM
12/3/2025  Algoluna-DEPARTS-8:14 PM-For Port Weller, Canada
12/3/2025  Algoma Innovator-ARRIVES-11:43 PM

BUFFALO,NEW YORK                                  [USBUF]-Bill Kloss
Federal Columbia is at Sucro Sourcing.
DUE:
Algoma Compass-DUE-12/3/2025-12:34 PM

PORT COLBORNE,CANADA                    [CAPCO]
12/3/2025  Sea Eagle II-DEPARTS-12:44 AM-For-Port Dover, Canada [Anchor]
12/3/2025  Atlantic Huron-DEPARTS-1:42 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Capt. Henry Jackman-ARRIVES-6:39 AM
12/3/2025  Capt. Hrnry Jackman-DEPARTS-8:15 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Federal Asahi-ARRIVES-8:40 AM
12/3/2025  CSL St Laurent-ARRIVES-11:13 AM
12/3/2025  Algoluna-ARRIVES-12:44 PM
12/3/2025  CSL St Laurent-DEPARTS-12:53 PM-For-Thoroldm Canada
12/3/2025  Algoluna-DEPARTS-2:01 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Hudsongracht-ARRIVES-2:12 PM
12/3/2025  Hudsongracht-DEPARTS-3:37 PM-For-Spirit Lake, Minnesota
12/3/2025  Thunder Bay-ARRIVES-3:57 PM
12/3/2025  Thunder Bay-DEPARTS-5:29 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Perelik-ARRIVES-9:19 PM
12/3/2025  Perelick-DEPARTS-10:37 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/3/2025  Fuldaborg-ARRIVES-11:15 PM

PORT COLBORNE,CANADA                    [CAPCO]-Bill Kloss
At the anchorage are Perelik, Bonita Ann, Fuldaborg and Volgaborg. In port is Florence Spirit. Departing were Algoma Discovery to Thunder Bay and Federal Nakagawa for Toledo.
DUE:
Barbro-G-DUE-12/25/2025-3:14 PM

NANTICOKE, ONTARIO                             [CANAN]-Bill Kloss
Algonova departed for Sault Ste. Marie. Algoterra is at Imperial Oil.
DUE:
Baie Comeau-DUE-12/3/2025-8:00 PM
Algocanada-DUE-12/4/2025-5:17 PM

PORT DOVER, CANADA                             [CAPDV]
At the anchorage are Algoma Compass, Baie Comeau and Sea Eagle II/St Marys Cement II.

ASHTABULA, OHIO                                      [USASF]-Bill Kloss
DUE:
Federal Asahi-DUE-12/3/2025-6:24 PM

PORT STANLEY, CANADA                          [CAPST]
Federal Asahi is anchored in Lake Erie.

CLEVELAND, OHIO                                      [USCLE]-Bill Kloss
Mark W. Barker arrived at Cargill. Departing were Manitowoc to Sandusky and Happy Ranger for Duluth. Sam Laud is still on the shuttles.
DUE:
American Courage-DUE-12/4/2025-6:48 AM

MARBLEHEAD, OH                                       [USKDB]-Bill Kloss
Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder loaded at Amrize then left for Marine City.

SANDUSKY, OHIO                                         [USSKY-Bill Kloss
Herbert C. Jackson arrived at Norfolk Southern. Manitowoc is berthed behind.

GRAND RIVER-FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO   [[USFPT]-Bill Kloss
Mark W. Barker departed for Cleveland.

TOLEDO, OHIO                                               [USTOL]-Bill Kloss
American Mariner unloaded at Torco then left for Calcite. Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader departed for Drummond Island. In port are Federal Bering and Sten Hidra. Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader is anchored in Lake Erie. Due in are  Kaye E. Barker and John G. Munson.
DUE:
Federal Nakagawa-DUE-12/3/2025-6:03 AM
Joyce L VanEnkevort-DUE-12/3/2025-5:36 PM
Kaye E Barker-DUE-12/4/2025-12:44 AM
John G Munson-DUE-12/4/2025-1:02 AM
Mesabi Miner-DUE-12/5/2025-8:26 PM
Wilfred Sykes-DUE-12/5/2025-12:32 PM
Chestnut-DUE-12/6/2025-5:18 AM
John J Boland-DUE-12/5/2025-1:04 PM

LOST PENINSULA, MICHIGAN
DUE:
Presque Isle-DUE-12/10/2025-7:00 AM

MONROE, MICHIGAN                                 [USMOI]-Bill Kloss
American Century departed for Two Harbors. New York/Double Skin 509A is at Michigan Paving.
DUE:
Evans Spirit-DUE-12/5/2025-1:56 AM

DETROIT, MICHIGAN                                  [USDET]
12/3/2025  Clyde S VanEnkevort-ARRIVES-2:12 AM
12/3/2025  Candace Elise-ARRIVES-4:19 AM
12/3/2025  Clyde S VanEnkevort-DEPARTS-6:17 AM-For-Drummond Island, Michigan
12/3/2025  Candace Elise-DEPARTS-8:14 AM-For-Cheboygan, Michigan
12/3/2025  Federal Hunter-DEPARTS-3:00 PM-For-Bar Harbor, Michigan
12/3/2025  Blair McKeil-ARRIVES-5:24 PM
12/3/2025  American Century-ARRIVES-8:44 PM
12/3/2025  Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder-ARRIVES-8:51 PM
12/3/2025  Blair McKeil-DEPARTS-9:03 PM-For-Valleyfield, Canada
DUE:
Northern Venture-DUE-12/4/2025-4:15 AM
Florence Spirit-DUE-12/3/2025-5:58 PM
Sea Eagle II-DUE-12/3/2025-10:19 PM
Herbert C Jackson-DUE-12/4/2025-4:31 AM
Federal Oshima-DUE-12/11/2025-11:12 PM
USCG Bristol Bay-DUE-12/3/2025-10:13 PM

WINDSOR, CANADA                                   [CAWND]
12/3/2025  CSL Assiniboine-DEPARTS-2:31 AM-For-Toronto, Canada
12/3/2025  Sharon M I-DEPARTS-2:57 PM-For-
12/3/2025  Frontenac-ARRIVES-3:45 PM
12/3/2025  Algoma Discovery-ARRIVES-4:43 PM
12/3/2025  Algoma Discovery-DEPARTS-7:54 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada

CASEVILLE,  MICHIGAN
DUE:
Olive L Moore-DUE-12/4/2025-12:00 AM

GODERICH, CANADA                                 [CAGOH]
DUE:
Algoma Innovator-DUE-12/3/2025-11:41 PM

AMHERSTBURG, CANADA                       [CAAMH]
12/3/2025  Clyde S VanEnkevort-ARRIVES-12:36 AM
12/3/2025  Clyde S VanEnkevort-DEPARTS-1:00 AM-For-Drummond Island, Michigan
12/3/2025  Candace Elise-ARRIVES-2:35 AM
12/3/2025  Candace Elise-DEPARTS-3:00 AM-For-Cheboygan, Michigan
12/3/2025  Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder-ARRIVES-7:28 PM
12/3/2025  Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder-DEPARTS-7:53 PM-For-East Marina, Michigan
12/3/2025  Algonova-ARRIVES-10:58 PM

SARNIA,CANADA                                          [CASNI]
12/3/2025  Algoma Harvester-DEPARTS-12:27 AM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/3/2025  Manitoulin-ARRIVES-1:58 AM
12/3/2025  Manitoulin-DEPARTS-5:29 AM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/3/2025  CSL Niagara-ARRIVES-2:49 PM
12/3/2025  CSL Niagara-DEPARTS-5:58 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/3/2025  Algocanada-DEPARTS-6:23 PM-For-Nanticoke, Canada
12/3/2025  Robert S Pierson-ARRIVES-9:50 PM
DUE:
Robert S Pierson-DUE-12/3/2025-4:00 PM
Gaia Desgagnes-DUE-12/4/2025-9:28 PM
Algoma Strongfield-DUE-12/6/2025-10:36 AM
Sarah Desgagnes-DUE-12/5/2025-10:37 PM

ALPENA, MICHIGAN                                   [USAPN]
12/3/2025  Samuel De Champlain-ARRIVES-2:05 AM
12/3/2025  Samuel De Champlain-DEPARTS-4:57 PM-For-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DUE:
G. L. Ostrander-DUE-12/5/2025-1:36 AM

CALCITE, MICHIGAN                                  [USMI3]
12/3/2025  Robert S Pierson-DEPARTS-5:30 AM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/3/2025  Defiance / Ashtabula-ARRIVES-5:52 AM
DUE:
American Mariner-DUE-12/4/2025-4:50 PM

CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN                        [USCHG]
DUE:
Candace Elise-DUE-12/4/2025-12:56 PM
Albert / Margaret-DUE-12/3/2025-10:50 PM

DRUMMOND ISLAND                                 [USDRE]
DUE:
Clyde S VanEnkevort-DUE-12/4/2025-6:15 AM

CEDARVILLE, MICHIGAN-PORT DOLOMITE
12/3/2025  Olive L Moore-DEPARTS-4:32 AM-For-Caseville, Michigan

BRUCE MINES,ONTARIO
DUE:
Algoma Buffalo-DUE-12/3/2025-5:00 AM
Undaunted / PM 41-DUE-12/5/2025-10:00 PM

SAULT STE. MARIE                                        [CASSM]
12/3/2025  John D Leitch-ARRIVES-12:45 AM
12/3/2025  Algoma Bear-DEPARTS-12:49 AM-For-Hamilton, Canada
12/3/2025  Edgar B Speer-DEPARTS-2:48 AM-For-Mackinac Island, Michigan
12/3/2025  Burns Harbor-ARRIVES-2:50 AM
12/3/2025  John D Leitch-DEPARTS-3:48 AM-For-Hamilton, Canada
12/3/2025  Burns Harbor-DEPARTS-5:21 AM-For-Duluth / Superior
12/3/2025  Kathy McKeil-ARRIVES-10:02 AM
12/3/2025  Lee A Tregurtha-ARRIVES-11:41 AM
12/3/2025  Kathy McKeil-DEPARTS-11:54 AM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/3/2025  Algoma Guardian-ARRIVES-12:49 PM
12/3/2025  USCG Spar-ARRIVES-1:00 PM
12/3/2025  Lee A Tregurtha-DEPARTS-1:35 PM-For-Mackinac Island, Michigan
12/3/2025  Indiana Harbor-ARRIVES-1:57 PM
12/3/2025  Heemskerkgracht-ARRIVES-2:25 PM
12/3/2025  Algoma Guardian-DEPARTS-2:52 PM-For-Baie Comeau, Canada
12/3/2025  Indiana Harbor-DEPARTS-4:53 PM-For-Two Harbors, Minnesota
12/3/2025  Algoma Endeavour-ARRIVES-5:29 PM
12/3/2025  Saginaw-ARRIVES-7:06 PM
12/3/2025  Algoma Endeavour-DEPARTS-7:30 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/3/2025  Saginaw-DEPARTS-8:59 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada-??
DUE:
Algonova-DUE-12/5/2025-2:51 AM
Murgash-DUE-12/6/2025-11:31 PM
Lyulin-DUE-12/7/2025-1:25 AM

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN                         [USMQT]
12/3/2025  Lee A Tregurtha-DEPARTS-1:06 AM-For-Sault Ste Marie, Canada
12/3/2025  Wilfred Sykes-DUE-2:41 PM-For-Toledo, Ohio
DUE:
Joseph L Block-DUE-12/4/2025-2:33 PM

DULUTH,MINNESOTA-SUPERIOR,WISCONSIN          [USSUW]
12/3/2025  Mesabi Miner-ARRIVES-4:56 AM
12/3/2025  FWN Atlantide-ARRIVES-5:43 AM
12/3/2025  Mesabi Miner-DEPARTS-7:17 AM-For-Toledo, Ohio
12/3/2025  Dirk S VanEnkevort-ARRIVES-7:52 AM
12/3/2025  Paul R Tregurtha-DEPARTS-8:11 AM-For-Burns Habor, Indiana
12/3/2025  Walter J McCarthy Jr-ARRIVES-9:04 AM
12/3/2025  Dirk S Vanenkevort-DEPARTS-1:04 PM-For-Gary Harbor, Indiana
DUE:
Burns Harbor-DUE-12/5/2025-10:12 AM
H Lee White-DUE-12/4/2025-1:58 PM
James R Barker-DUE-12/5/2025-6:56 PM
Alpena-DUE-12/4/2025-9:01 PM
Hammand Bay-DUE-12/31/2025-6:00 PM

TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA                 [USTHB]
12/3/2025  Dirk S VanEnkevort-DEPARTS-4:28 AM-For-Duluth / Superior
12/3/2025  American Integrity-ARRIVES-4:55 AM
12/3/2025  American Integrity-DEPARTS-8:22 PM-For-Gary Harbor, Indiana
DUE:
Indiana Harbor-DUE-12/5/2025-5:39 AM
American Century-DUE-12/6/2025-10:11 PM

SILVER BAY, MINNESOTA                         [USSIB]
12/3/2025  John J Boland-DEPARTS-12:56 AM-For-Toledo, Ohio

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO                         [CATHU]
12/3/2025  Vancouverborg-DEPARTS-5:40 AM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/3/2025  Tufty-ARRIVES-5:57 AM
12/3/2025  Vancouverborg-ARRIVES-6:15 AM
12/3/2025  Whitefish Bay-DEPARTS-12:20 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada [Anchor]
12/3/2025  Rt Hon Paul J Martin-DEPARTS-12:37 PM-For-Becancour, Canada
DUE:
Algoma Endeavour-DUE-12/5/2025-2:39 AM
Kathy McKeil-DUE-12/4/2025-10:48 AM
Algoma Harvester-DUE-12/4/2025-5:36 PM
FWN Sky-DUE-12/5/2025-9:08 AM
Manitoulin-DUE-12/6/2025-6:22 AM
Algoma Discovery-DUE-12:08 AM
Torrent-DUE-12/4/2025-1:36 PM
Federal Minnesota-DUE-12/5/2025-9:51 AM
CSL Niagara-DUE-12/5/2025-1:49 PM
G3 Marquis-DUE-12/8/2025-9:09 PM
Federal Montreal-DUE-12/7/2025-3:44 AM
CSL Laurentien-DUE_12/9/2025-2:20 PM
Kaministiqua-DUE-12/7/2025-1:48 PM

PORT INLAND, MICHIGAN
DUE:
Calumet-DUE-12/4/2025-4:00 PM

CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN                        [USCSX]
12/3/2025  Caroline McKee-ARRIVES-5:59 AM
DUE:
Prentiss Brown-DUE-12/4/2025-8:06 PM

STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN               [USSUE]
12/3/2025  USCG Mobile Bay-ARRIVES-5:16 PM
DUE:
Jacquelyn Yvonne-DUE-12/18/2025-7:00 AM

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN                         [USGRB]
12/3/2025  G. L. Ostrander-DEPARTS-10:14 AM-For-Alpena, Michigan

MANISTEE, MICHIGAN                              [USMBL]
DUE:
Manitowoc-DUE-12/5/2025-7:25 PM

MANITOWOC,WISCONSIN                     [USMTW]
12/3/2025  Bradshaw McKee-ARRIVES-3:19 PM

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN                      [USMKE]
12/3/2025  Karen Andrie-ARRIVES-9:54 AM
12/3/2025  Calumet-ARRIVES-10:32 AM
12/3/2025  Calumet-DEPARTS-7:27 PM-For-Port Inland, Michigan
12/3/2025  Juno-DEPARTS-7:51 PM-For-Burns Harbor, Indiana
DUE:
Samuel De Champlain-DUE-12/5/2025-4:55 AM
New Jersey-DUE-12/28/2025-6:00 AM

SOUTH CHICAGO-CALUMET HARBOR, ILLINOIS       [USOUS]
12/3/2025  Prentiss brown-ARRIVES-7:06 AM
12/3/2025  John Marshall-DEPARTS-8:36 AM-For-Indiana Harbor, Indiana
12/3/2025  Ruth Lucille-ARRIVES-10:49 AM
12/3/2025  John Marshall-ARRIVES-6:18 PM
12/3/2025  Rebecca Lynn-DEPARTS-8:46 PM-For-Indiana Harbor, Indiana
DUE:
Fraserborg-DUE-12/3/2025-1:29 PM

BURNS HARBOR, INDIANA                     [USBNB]
12/3/2025  Hon James L Oberstar-ARRIVES-8:48 AM
DUE:
Juno-DUE-12/4/2025-1:46 PM
Paul R Tregurtha-DUE-12/6/2025-2:03 PM

GARY HARBOR, INDIANA                         [USGYY]
DUE:
Edgar B Speer-DUE-12/4/2025-6:33 PM
Edwin H Gott-DUE-12/4/2025-7:10 AM
American Integrity-DUE-12/7/2025-5:30 AM
Dirk S VanEnkevort-DUE-12/7/2025-1:57 AM

INDIANA HARBOR-INDIANA                  [USECH]
12/3/2025  Karen Andrie-DEPARTS-1:45 AM-For-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
12/3/2025  John Marshall-ARRIVES-9:00 AM
12/3/2025  John Marshall-DEPARTS-5:48 PM-For-Calumet Harbor, Illinois
12/3/2025  Rebecca Lynn-ARRIVES-9:12 PM
DUE:
Rebecca Lynn-DUE-12/3/2025-5:00 PM
Lee A Tregurtha-DUE-12/5/2025-3:01 AM

Port and vessel activity for Thursday December 4.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net
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PORT REPORT 12/5/2025 

MARIATOWN, CANADA-Ron Beaupre
4 December 2025
ALGOMA CONVEYOR secured at Johnstown elevators unloading grain.
00:35 LYULIN, up, cargo, for Sault Ste Marie.
03:47 ALGOMA MARINER, up, for Hamilton.
05:01 ALGOMA STRONGFIELD, up, for Sarnia.
05:56 SARAH DESGAGNES, up, for Sarnia.
06:42 ATLANTIC HURON, down, cargo, for Quebec City.
08:51 FEDERAL INDIANA, up, for Johnstown.
11:09 FEDERAL INDIANA arrives at Johnstown.
14:29 ATLANIC SPIRIT, down, cargo, for Montreal.
15:36 CAPTAIN HENRY JACKMAN, down bound, anchors above Prescott.
15:49 FEDERAL CHURCHILL, up, cargo, for Oshawa.
16:20 CCGS JUDY LAMARSH, up, for Prescott.
21:01 ALGOLUNA, down, for Tracy.
21:38 CAPTAIN HENRY JACKMAN, down, cargo, for Baie Comeau.
22:30 CSL ST-LAURENT, down, cargo, for Montreal.

Yesterday, don’t know exact time, OSOGOVO hit the ship arrestor at the Cote Ste Catherine lock. Many ships stopped today and several scheduled to go down the river today. But the anchorages are filling up quickly.

JOHNSTOWN, CANADA                            [CAJOH]
12/4/2025  Federal Indiana-ARRIVES-11:04 AM

OAKVILLE, CANADA                                    [CAOAK]
DUE:
Mia Desgagnes-DUE-12/5/2025-12:00 PM

OSWEGO, NEW YORK                                 [USOSW]
DUE:
Iver Bright-DUE-12/5/2025-10:51 AM

BATH, ONTARIO                                             [CABTH]
DUE:
Tamarack-DUE-12/4/2025-9:00 PM

OSHAWA, CANADA                                     [CAOSH]
12/4/2025  NACC Argonaut-ARRIVES-5:21 AM
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-ARRIVES-7:25 AM
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-DEPARTS-10:47 AM-For-Clarkson, Canada
12/4/2025  Petite Forte-DEPARTS-4:20 PM-For-Bowmanville, Canada
12/4/2025  NACC Argonaut-DEPARTS-9:09 PM-For-Port Daniel, Canada
DUE:
Federal Churchill-DUE-12/5/2025-8:36 AM

TORONTO,CANADA                                     [CATOR]
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-ARRIVES-4:15 AM
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-DEPARTS-4:25 AM-For-Clarkson, Canada
12/4/2025  Tamarack-DEPARTS-7:46 AM-For-Bath, Canada
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-ARRIVES-6:03 PM

CLARKSON, CANADA                                [CACSN]
12/4/2025  Algoma Sault-ARRIVES-8:52 AM
12/4/2025  Hinch Spirit-ARRIVES-10:00 AM
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-ARRIVES-4:17 PM
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-DEPARTS-7:47 PM-For-Hamilton, Canada

COLBORNE, CANADA
DUE:
CSL Tadoussac-DUE-12/5/2025-9:45 AM

BOWMANVILLE, PORT DARLINGTON, CANADA  [CABWV]
DUE:
Petite Forte-DUE-12/4/2025-5:00 PM

HAMILTON,CANADA                                   [CAHAM]
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-DEPARTS-1:02 AM-For-Oshawa, Canada
12/4/2025  Wicky Spirit-ARRIVES-11:41 AM
12/4/2025  Federal Freedom-ARRIVES-12:02 PM
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-ARRIVES-3:48 PM
12/4/2025  Wyatt M-DEPARTS-4:42 PM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  Everlast-ARRIVES-5:10 PM
12/4/2025  Amy Lynn D-DEPARTS-5:39 PM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  Molly M I-DEPARTS-6:13 PM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  Sterling Energy-ARRIVES-9:19 PM
12/4/2025  Lois M-DEPARTS-9:41 PM-For-Monroe, Michigan
DUE:
Algoma Mariner-DUE-12/5/2025-4:28 AM
Algoma Bear-DUE-12/5/2025-10:54 AM
Sten Hidra-DUE-12/5/2025-11:27 AM
John D Leitch-DUE-12/5/2025-1:32 PM

PORT WELLER,CANADA                           [CAPWE]
12/4/2025  Algoluna-DEPARTS-2:17 AM
12/4/2025  G3 Marquis-ARRIVES-2:43 AM
12/4/2025  Thunder Bay-ARRIVES-3:57 AM
12/4/2025  Evans Spirit-ARRIVES-4:04 AM
12/4/2025  G3 Marquis-DEPARTS-4:23 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Thunder Bay-DEPARTS-5:45 AM-For-Quebec, Canada
12/4/2025  Evans Spirit-DEPARTS-6:19 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Perelik-ARRIVES-6:23 AM
12/4/2025  Fuldaborg-ARRIVES-7:37 AM
12/4/2025  Perelik-DEPARTS-7:52 AM-For-Quebec, Canada
12/4/2025  Fuldaborg-DEPARTS-8:44 AM-For-Montreal, Canada
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-ARRIVES-10:47 AM
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-ARRIVES-12:32 PM
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-DEPARTS-12:33 PM-For-Toronto, Canada
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-DEPARTS-1:54 PM-For-Hamilton, Canada
12/4/2025  Federal Clyde-DEPARTS-4:16 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Volgaborg-ARRIVES-4:27 PM
12/4/2025  Volgaborg-DEPARTS-5:52 PM-For-Greenore, Ireland
12/4/2025  Federal Montreal-ARRIVES-6:08 PM
12/4/2025  Federal Montreal-DEPARTS-7:36 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  Amy Lynn D-ARRIVES-8:53 PM
12/4/2025  Wyatt M-ARRIVES-8:54 PM
12/4/2025  Blair McKeil-ARRIVES-9:03 PM
12/4/2025  Blair McKeil-DEPARTS-10:13 PM-For-Valleyfield, Canada
12/4/2025  Molly M I-ARRIVES-10:19 PM
12/4/2025  Amy Lynn D-DEPARTS-10:52 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025 Wyatt M-DEPARTS-11:46 PM-FOR-??

THOROLD, CANADA                                    [CATHD]
12/4/2025  Perelik-ARRIVES-12:13 AM
12/4/2025  Thunder Bay-DEPARTS-12:49 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025Fuldaborg-ARRIVES-1:53 AM
12/4/2025  Algoma Innovator-DEPARTS-2:15 AM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/4/2025  Gaia Desgagnes-ARRIVES-3:20 AM
12/4/2025  Perelik-DEPARTS-3:31 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-ARRIVES-3:58 AM
12/4/2025  Fuldaborg-DEPARTS-4:36 AM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-ARRIVES-5:52 AM
12/4/2025  Gaia Desgagnes-DEPARTS-6:30 AM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/4/2025  G3 Marquis-ARRIVES-6:54 AM
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-DEPARTS-7:56 AM-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  Evans Spirit-ARRIVES8:18 AM
12/4/2025  Volgaborg-ARRIVES-8:47 AM
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-DEPARTS-9:12 AM-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  G3 Marquis-DEPARTS-9:22 AM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/4/2025  Evana Spirit-DEPARTS-11:05 AM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/4/2025  Volgaborg-DEPARTS-2:28 PM-For-Port Weller, Canada
12/4/2025  Blaie McKeil-ARRIVES-4:52 PM
12/4/2025  Federal Clyde-ARRIVES-6:34 PM
12/4/2025  Blair McKeil-DEPARTS-7:03 PM-For-Valleyfield, Canada
12/4/2025  Amurborg-ARRIVES-8:56 PM
12/4/2025  Limnos-ARRIVES-9:05 PM
12/4/2025  Federal Clyde-DEPARTS-9:16 PM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/4/2025  Federal Montreal-ARRIVES-9:51 PM

BUFFALO,NEW YORK                                  [USBUF]-Bill Kloss
In port are Algoma Compass at WS Services  and Federal Columbia at Sucro Sourcing.

BUFFALO,NEW YORK                                  [USBUF]
12/4/2025  Algoma Compass-ARRIVES-3:31 AM
12/4/2025  Algoma Compass-DEPARTS-6:45 PM-For-Goderich, Canada

PORT COLBORNE,CANADA                    [CAPCO]
12/4/2025  Fuldaborg-DEPARTS-12:19 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-ARRIVES-12:27 AM
12/4/2025  CSL Assiniboine-DEPARTS-2:16 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-ARRIVES-2:44 AM
12/4/2025  Bonita Ann-DEPARTS-4:09 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Algoma Innovator-ARRIVES-4:12 AM
12/4/2025  Algoma Innovator-DEPARTS-5:27 AM-For-Goderich, Canada
12/4/2025  Volgaborg-ARRIVES-5:41 AM
12/4/2025  Volgaborg-DEPARTS-7:01 AM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Gaia Degagnes-ARRIVES-8:19 AM
12/4/2025  Florence Spirit-DEPARTS-8:51 AM-For-Detroit, Michigan
12/4/2025  Gaia Desgagnes-DEPARTS-9:28 AM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/4/2025  G3 Marquis-ARRIVES-10:57 AM
12/4/2025  G3 Marquis-DEPARTS-12:20 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  Evans Spirit-ARRIVES-12:44 PM
12/4/2025  Evans Spirit-DEPARTS-1:54 PM-For-Detroit, Michigan
12/4/2025  Blaie McKeil-ARRIVES-2:04 PM
12/4/2025  Blair McKeil-DEPARTS-3:10 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Amurborg-ARRIVES-5:41 PM
12/4/2025  Amurborg-DEPARTS-6:57 PM-For-Thorold, Canada
12/4/2025  Limnos-DEPARTS-7:25 PM
12/4/2025  Harvest Spirit-ARRIVES-9:08 PM
12/4/2025  Federal Clyde-ARRIVES-10:50 PM

PORT COLBORNE,CANADA                    [CAPCO]-Bill Kloss
Departing were Florence Spirit for Detroit, Perelik for Quebec, Bonita Ann for Hamilton, Fuldaborg for Montreal, Volgaborg for Ireland and Federal Nakagawa for Toledo.
DUE:
Barbro G-DUE-12/11/2025-1:38 PM

NANTICOKE, ONTARIO                             [CANAN]-Bill Kloss
Algoterra is at Imperial Oil.
DUE:
Algocanada-DUE-12/4/2025-4:30 PM
Baie Comeau-DUE-12/4/2025-6:00 PM

PORT DOVER, CANADA                             [CAPDV]
Departing were Algoma Compass for Buffalo and Sea Eagle II/St Marys Cement II for Detroit. Baie Comeau and Algocanada are anchored.

ASHTABULA, OHIO                                      [USASF]-Bill Kloss
Federal Asahi is still at anchor.

CLEVELAND, OHIO                                      [USCLE]-Bill Kloss
Mark W. Barker loaded salt at Cargill then moved up the Cuyahoga to unload at Osborne. Once empty she returned to Cargill. Sam Laud departed for Port Gypsum and fleetmate American Courage arrived at Ontario Stone.
DUE:
Caroline McKee-DUE-12/6/2025-2:51 PM
American Spirit-DUE-12/8/2025-4:14 PM

LORAIN, OHIO                                                [USLOR]-Bill Kloss
DUE:
Defiance / Ashtabula-DUE-12/5/2025-4:57 PM

SANDUSKY, OHIO                                         [USSKY-Bill Kloss
Herbert C. Jackson departed for Detroit. Manitowoc moved up under the loader and once loaded left for Manistee.
DUE:
Kaye E Barker-DUE-12/5/2025-12:12 AM

GRAND RIVER-FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO   [USFPT]-Bill Kloss
Frontenac arrived at Morton Salt.

TOLEDO, OHIO                                               [USTOL]-Bill Kloss
Arrivals were Kaye E. Barker to Torco. Joyce.  VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader to Ironville and John G. Munson going to anchor. Federal Bering departed for Scotland and Kaye E. Barker left for Sandusky. Sten Hidra is at George Gradel.
DUE:
Federal Nakagawa-DUE-12/5/2025-8:32 AM
John G Munson-DUE-12/4/2025-1:02 AM
Wilfred Sykes-DUE-12/5/2025-3:36 PM
Chestnut-DUE-12/6/2025-1:18 PM
John J Boland-DUE-12/6/2025-8:59 PM

LOST PENINSULA, MICHIGAN
DUE:
Presque Isle-DUE-12/10/2025-7:00 AM

LEAMINGTON, CANADA                            [CALMN]-Bill Kloss
12/4/2025  Caribou Isle-ARRIVES-11:32 AM
12/4/2025  Caribou Isle-DEPARTS-12:41 PM-For-Amherstburg, Canada

MONROE, MICHIGAN                                 [USMOI]-Bill Kloss
New York/Double Skin 509A departed for Detroit.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN                                  [USDET]
12/4/2025  American Century-DEPARTS-2:47 AM-For-Two Harbors, Minnesota
12/4/2025  Northern Venture-ARRIVES-4:21 AM
12/4/2025  Northern Venture-DEPARTS-5:54 AM-For-Windsor, Canada
12/4/2025  Herbert C Jackson-ARRIVES-6:01 AM
12/4/2025  Sam Laud-ARRIVES-9:37 AM
12/4/2025  Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder-DEPARTS-11:00 AM-For-Belle River, Michigan
12/4/2025  Sam Laud-DEPARTS-12:58 PM
12/4/2025  Manitowoc-ARRIVES-4:45 PM
12/4/2025  Herbert C Jackson-DEPARTS-6:07 PM-For-??
12/4/2025  Manitowoc-DEPARTS-8:03 PM-For-Manistee, Michigan
DUE:
Florence Spirit-DUE-12/5/2025-2:45 AM
Federal Oshima-DUE-12/11/2025-11:12 PM
Sea Eagle II-DUE-12/5/2025-4:32 AM
Evans Spirit-DUE-12/5/2025-7:13 AM
Bristol Bay-DUE-12/3/2025-10:13 PM

WINDSOR, CANADA                                   [CAWND]
12/4/2025  Harvest Spirit-DEPARTS-3:05 AM-For-Port Colborne, Canada
12/4/2025  Northern Venture-ARRIVES-5:55 AM
12/4/2025  Frontenac-DEPARTS-7:12 AM-For-Fairport Harbor, Ohio

BAY CITY, MICHIGAN
12/4/2025  Olive L Moore-ARRIVES-5:47 AM
12/4/2025  Olive L Moore-DEPARTS-12:36 PM-For-Calcite, Michigan

GODERICH, CANADA                                 [CAGOH]
DUE:
Algoma Innovator-DUE-12/5/2025-9:24 AM
Algoma Compass-DUE-12/6/2025-12:04 AM

OWEN SOUND, CANADA                          [CAOWS]
12/4/2025  Saginaw-ARRIVES-1:03 PM

BELLE RIVER-MARINE CITY, MICHIGAN
12/4/2025  Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder-ARRIVES-3:06 PM
12/4/2025  Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder-DEPARTS-7:42 PM-For-East Marina, Michigan

AMHERSTBURG, CANADA                       [CAAMH]
12/4/2025  Herbert C Jackson-ARRIVES-3:23 AM
12/4/2025  Herbert C Jackson-DEPARTS-3:48 AM
12/4/2025  Caribou Isle-DEPARTS-7:05 AM-For-Leamington, Canada
12/4/2025  Hudsongracht-ARRIVES-7:39 AM
12/4/2025  Hudsongracht-DEPARTS-8:00 AM-For-Spirit Lake, Minnesota
12/4/2025  Sam Laud-ARRIVES-8:07 AM
12/4/2025  Sam Laud-DEPARTS-8:29 AM-For-Port Dolomite, Michigan
12/4/2025  Manitowoc-ARRIVES-3:13 PM
12/4/2025  New York / Double Skin 509A-ARRIVES-3:23 PM
12/4/2025  Manitowoc-DEPARTS-3:35 PM-For-Manistee, Michigan
12/4/2025  New York-DEPARTS-3:53 PM-For-Marathon, Canada
12/4/2025  Caribou Isle-ARRIVES-4:20 PM

SARNIA,CANADA                                          [CASNI]
12/4/2025  Mia Desgagnes-DEPARTS-12:27 AM-For-Windsor, Canada
12/4/2025  Algotitan-DEPARTS-10:18 AM-For-Sept-Iles, Canada
12/4/2025  Robert S Pierson-DEPARTS-11:14 AM-For-Stoneport, Michigan
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-ARRIVES-1:43 PM
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-DEPARTS-2:10 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-ARRIVES-5:00 PM
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-DEPARTS-5:54 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-ARRIVES-6:18 PM
12/4/2025  Algoma Buffalo-DEPARTS-6:20 PM-For-Bruce Mines, Canada
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-DEPARTS-6:35 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-ARRIVES-7:25 PM
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-DEPARTS-7:36 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-ARRIVES-8:24 PM
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-DEPARTS-8:53 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-ARRIVES-9:24 PM
12/4/2025  Samuel Risley-DEPARTS-9:51 PM-For-Sarnia, Canada
DUE:
Samuel Risley-DUE-12/4/2025-10:55 PM
Gaia Desgagnes-DUE-12/5/2025-6:40 AM
Algoma Strongfield-DUE-12/6/2025-10:40 AM
Sarah Desgagnes-DUE-12/5/2025-6:51 PM

PORT HURON, MICHIGAN                       [USPHN]
DUE:
USCG Spar-DUE-12/5/2025-9:24 AM

ALPENA, MICHIGAN                                   [USAPN]
12/4/2025  G. L. Ostrander-ARRIVES-5:18 PM

STONEPORT,MICHIGAN
DUE:
Robert S Pierson-DUE-12/4/2025-4:00 PM

LITTLE CURRENT, CANADA                     [CALIC]
DUE:
Sharon M I-DUE-12/6/2025-8:36 AM

CALCITE, MICHIGAN                                  [USMI3]
12/4/2025  Defiance / Ashtabula-DEPARTS-10:39 AM-For-Lorain, Ohio
12/4/2025  American Mariner-ARRIVES-5:51 PM
DUE:
Olive L Moore-DUE-12/5/2025-5:19 AM
American Mariner-DUE-12/4/2025-1:30 PM

CHEBOYGAN, MICHIGAN                        [USCHG]
12/4/2025  Candace Elise-8:08 PM
DUE:
Albert / Margaret-DUE-12/6/2025-6:02 AM

DRUMMOND ISLAND                                 [USDRE
12/4/2025  Clyde S VanEnkevort-12/4/2025-9:02 AM

BRUCE MINES,ONTARIO
DUE:
Undaunted / PM 41-DUE-12/5/2025-4:00 AM
Algoma Buffalo-DUE-12/5/2025-11:00 AM

SAULT STE. MARIE                                        [CASSM]
12/4/2025  Joseph L Block-ARRIVES-3:00 AM
12/4/2025  Joseph L Block-DEPARTS-5:08 AM-For-Marquette, Michigan
12/4/2025  Wilfred Sykes-ARRIVES-5:39 AM
12/4/2025  Wilfred Sykes-DEPARTS-8:18 AM-For-Toledo, Ohio
12/4/2025  Shipka-ARRIVES-8:40 AM
12/4/2025  USCG Spar-DEPARTS-9:28 AM-For-Port Huron, Michigan
12/4/2025  Shipka-DEPARTS-10:51 AM
12/4/2025  Algoma Harvester-ARRIVES-11:54 AM
12/4/2025  Torrent-ARRIVES-12:39 PM
12/4/2025  Manitoulin-ARRIVES-1:40 PM
12/4/2025  Rt Hon Paul J Martin-ARRIVES-1:42 PM
12/4/2025  Algoma Harvester-DEPARTS-1:56 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  Happy Ranger-ARRIVES-2:49 PM
12/4/2025  Whitefish Bay-ARRIVES-3:04 PM
12/4/2025  Torrent-DEPARTS-3:18 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  FWN Sky-ARRIVES-4:17 PM
12/4/2025  Manitoulin-DEPARTS-4:35 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  Federal Minnesota-ARRIVES-5:02 PM
12/4/2025  Rt Hon Paul J Martin-DEPARTS-5:35 PM-For-Becancour, Canada
12/4/2025  Happy Ranger-DEPARTS-5:43 PM-For-Spirit Lake, Minnesota
12/4/2025  James R Barker-ARRIVES-6:08 PM
12/4/2025  FWN Sky-DEPARTS-6:47 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  Whitefish Bay-DEPARTS-6:54 PM-For-Sorel, Canada
12/4/2025  CSL Niagara-ARRIVES-7:00 PM
12/4/2025  Federal Minnesota-DEPARTS-8:28 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
12/4/2025  Mesabi Miner-ARRIVES-8:47 PM
12/4/2025  James R Barker-DEPARTS-9:18 PM-For-Duluth / Superior
12/4/2025  Algoma Discovery-ARRIVES-9:51 PM
12/4/2025  CSL Niagara-DEPARTS-10:19 PM-For-Thunder Bay, Canada
DUE:
Algonova-DUE-12/5/2025-4:41 AM
Lyulin-DUE-12/7/2025-10:27 AM
Murgash-DUE-12/6/2025-11:42 PM

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN                         [USMQT]
DUE:
Joseph L Block-DUE-12/5/2025-2:57 AM
H Lee White-DUE-12/5/2025-8:16 PM

DULUTH,MINNESOTA-SUPERIOR,WISCONSIN          [USSUW]
12/4/2025  American Spirit-DEPARTS-1:51 AM-For-Cleveland, Ohio
12/4/2025  H Lee White-ARRIVES-11:26 AM
DUE:
Great Republic-DUE-12/4/2025-4:03 AM
Burns Harbor-DUE-12/5/2025-4:59 AM
James R Barker-DUE-12/6/2025-1:43 AM
Alpena-DUE-12/6/2025-5:20 AM
Edwin H Gott-DUE-12/7/2025-4:43 PM
Hammond Bay-DUE-12/31/2025-6:00 PM

TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA                 [USTHB]
DUE:
Indiana Harbor-DUE-12/6/2025-2:23 AM
American Century-DUE-12/6/2025-12:40 PM

SILVER BAY, MINNESOTA                         [USSIB]
DUE:
Stewart J Cort-DUE-12/7/2025-12:58 PM

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO                         [CATHU]
12/4/2025  Vancouverborg-DEPARTS-12:57 AM-For-Sault Ste Marie, Canada
12/4/2025  Patagonman-ARRIVES-6:02 AM
12/4/2025  Helena G-ARRIVES-8:47 AM
12/4/2025  Federal Bristol-DEPARTS-10:48 AM-For-Quebec, Canada
DUE:
Algoma Endeavour-DUE-12/5/2025-11:54 AM
Kathy McKeil-DUE-12/4/2025-3:42 PM
Federal Frontier-DUE-12/7/2025-8:18 PM
Manitoulin-DUE-12/6/2025-1:29 AM
Algoma Discovery-DUE-12/6/2025-4:32 AM
CSL Niagara-DUE-12/5/2025-7:08 PM
FWN Sky-DUE-12/5/2025-1:26 PM
Algoma Harvester-DUE-12/5/2025-8:43 AM
G3 Marquis-DUE-12/7/2025-1:58 AM
Torrent-DUE-12/6/2025-2:58 AM
Federal Minnesota-DUE-12/6/2025-4:07 AM
Federal Montreal-DUE-12/10/2025-12:39 AM
CSL Laurentien-DUE-12/11/2025-2:41 AM
Kaministiqua-DUE-12/7/2025-1:48 PM

PORT INLAND, MICHIGAN
12/4/2025  Calumet-ARRIVES-4:43 PM

CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN                        [USCSX]
12/4/2025  Caroline McKee-DEPARTS-3:33 PM-For-Cleveland, Ohio
12/4/2025-Bradshaw McKee-ARRIVES-8:35 PM
DUE:
Prentiss Brown-DUE-12/5/2025-10:14 PM

TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN                   [USTVC]
12/4/2025  State Of Michigan-ARRIVES-6:21 PM

STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN               [USSUE]
12/4/2025  State Of Michigan-DEPARTS-4:35 AM-For-Traverse City, Michigan
12/4/2025  USCG Mobile Bay-DEPARTS-12:56 PM-For-Green Bay, Wisconsin
DUE:
Jacquelyn Yvonne-DUE-12/18/2025-7:00 AM

MANISTEE, MICHIGAN                              [USMBL]
DUE:
Manitowoc-DUE-12/6/2025-12:39 PM

MANITOWOC,WISCONSIN                     [USMTW]
12/4/2025  Bradshaw McKee-DEPARTS-5:46 AM-For-Charlevoix, Michigan
DUE:
Bradshaw McKee-DUE-12/5/2025-9:52 PM

LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN                          [USLDM]
DUE:
Meredith Ashton-DUE-12/6/2025-8:41 PM

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN                      [USMKE]
12/4/2025  Bandura-DEPARTS-1:35 AM-For-Londonderry, Great Britain
12/4/2025  Polsteam Insko-ARRIVES-6:51 AM
12/4/2025  Karen Andrie-DEPARTS-8:50 AM-For-Indiana Harbor, Indiana
DUE:
Samuel De Champlain-DUE-12/5/2025-4:07 AM

SOUTH CHICAGO-CALUMET HARBOR, ILLINOIS       [USOUS]
12/4/2025  Prentiss Brown-DEPARTS-2:53 AM-For-Charlevoix, Michigan

BURNS HARBOR, INDIANA                     [USBNB]
12/4/2025  Stewart J Cort-DEPARTS-10:46 AM-For-Silver Bay, Minnesota
12/4/2025  Juno-ARRIVES-12:12 PM
DUE:
Federal Hunter-DUE-12/5/2025-3:12 PM
Paul R Tregurtha-DUE-12/7/2025-11:48 AM
Amy Lynn D-DUE-12/9/2025-9:54 AM

GARY HARBOR, INDIANA                         [USGYY]
12/4/2025  Edwin H Gott-ARRIVES-7:44 AM
12/4/2025  Edwin H Gott-DEPARTS-6:18 PM-For-Duluth / Superior
12/4/2025  Edgar B Speer-ARRIVES-7:07 PM
DUE:
American Integrity-DUE-12/6/2025-3:30 PM

INDIANA HARBOR-INDIANA                  [USECH]
12/4/2025  Karen Andrie-ARRIVES-4:42 PM
12/4/2025  Lee A Tregurtha-ARRIVES-11:59 PM