by import | April 27, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1876 The Port Huron Times reported, “The steam barge MARY MILLS arrived up this morning and looks ‘flaming’. Her owner said he did not care what color she was painted so long as it was bright red, and she has therefore come out in that color.”...
by import | April 26, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1859 The wooden schooner A. SCOTT was carrying limestone blocks for a large Presbyterian church being built at Vermilion, Ohio. The vessel was driven ashore near Vermilion by a gale and was quickly pounded to pieces. Her insurance had expired about ten days earlier....
by import | April 25, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1874 The wooden schooner OTTAWA was launched at Grand Haven, Michigan. She was owned by Capt. William R. Loutill and could carry 180,000 feet of lumber. 1885 T S CHRISTIE (wooden propeller, 160 foot, 533 gross tons) was launched at F. W. Wheeler’s yard (Hull...
by import | April 24, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1828 The wooden schooner WELLAND CANAL was launched at Russell Armington’s shipyard at St. Catharines, Ontario. She was the first ship built at St. Catharines and the first to navigate the Welland Canal when it opened between St. Catharine’s and Lake...
by import | April 23, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1859 At about midnight, the schooner S. BUTTLES was fighting a severe gale. She was carrying staves from Port Burwell, Ontario, to Clayton, New York, and sprang a leak while battling the gale. While manning the pumps, one man was washed overboard, but his shipmates...
