by import | June 20, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1857 The MINNEHAHA, a wooden “clipper” schooner, was launched at James A. Baker’s shipyard in Oswego, New York. Her dimensions were 110 foot keel, 125 foot overall, x 25 foot 6 inches x 10 foot 6 inches. She could carry 13,000 bushels of grain. Mr....
by import | June 19, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1836 DELAWARE (wooden passenger/package freight side wheeler, 105 foot, 178 tons, built in 1833, at Huron, Ohio) was carrying general merchandise and passengers in a storm on Lake Michigan when she was thrown ashore off Niles, Illinois. She broke in two and was...
by import | June 18, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1855 The Soo Locks opened for their first season. The first vessel through the locks was the steamer ILLINOIS of 1853. 1858 The steamship CANADA left the Lakes via the St. Lawrence rapids since she was too large for the existing locks. She had been built by Louis...
by import | June 17, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1875 The propeller OWEN SOUND was launched at Collingwood, Ontario. She measured 900 tons and could carry 30,000 bushels of grain. 1878 The Canadian schooner JAMES SCOTT of Port Burwell capsized and sank in Lake Erie. The captain’s wife, their child and two...
by import | June 16, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1861 ANDOVER (2-mast wooden schooner, 98 foot, 190 tons, built in 1844, at Black River, Ohio) was carrying lumber in a storm and ground on Pointe aux Barques reef on Lake Huron. Though not thought to be seriously damaged, she resisted all efforts by the tug ZOUAVE to...
