by Roger LeLievre | March 15, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) advised stakeholders this week that icebreaking operations are expected to begin as soon as March 16 with the Martha L. Black entering at Montreal and breaking through Cape Vincent. US Seaway will be overseeing the conditions in and around...
by Roger LeLievre | March 15, 2026 | Boatnerd News
One sure sign of spring is the release of the annual Great Lakes boatwatching field guide Know Your Ships. Pre-orders are now being taken for the 2026 edition. Books that are pre-ordered will be shipped as soon as the books are received from the printer, about March...
by Roger LeLievre | March 15, 2026 | Boatnerd News
PORT BURWELL, ON – The future of the oldest wooden lighthouse on the Great Lakes – and one of the oldest in Canada – may be in jeopardy as negotiations with neighboring landowners have slowed. Built in 1840, the municipally owned Port Burwell lighthouse – part of the...
by Roger LeLievre | March 14, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Spar begins Lake Superior ice-breaking ops This past Monday USCGC Spar (WLB-206) began ice-breaking operations in the Duluth-Superior harbor. The real test was a narrow, but nasty, field of packed brash ice off the Superior entry. The Spar took 15 hours to break...
by Roger LeLievre | March 13, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Alpena Steams Into Her 84th Season CLEVELAND, OH – The steamer Alpena departed Cleveland for her namesake port on Thursday to load cement, thus beginning her 84th season of sailing. She arrived at Detroit in thge evening and will lay there for weather. The vessel, a...
