by Roger LeLievre | May 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
PORT HURON, MI – The annual and long-running Port Huron Marine Mart on June 13 features vendors selling items related to the maritime history and industry of the Great Lakes, including artifacts, antiques, art, photographs, books, chinaware and more. Event: Port Huron...
by Roger LeLievre | May 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
CLEVELAND, OH – The U.S. Navy officially commissioned the USS Cleveland (LCS 31) into active service on Saturday, May 16, during a historic ceremony on the downtown Cleveland, Ohio lakefront. The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship is the fourth vessel to carry the...
by Roger LeLievre | May 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
TORONTO, ON – Toronto’s inner harbor won’t have a Boaty McBoatface shuttling passengers to and from the islands when the first new ferries in 60 years finally arrive at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. After a months-long naming process that drew nearly 18,000 public...
by Roger LeLievre | May 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
David Plowden, American industrial photographer, died on May 4 at age 92. Besides his iconic B&W images of trains, steel mills and taconite mines, he was also known for documenting some of the last operating Great Lakes steamboats, published in a book fittingly...
by Roger LeLievre | May 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
MANITOWOC, WI – The SS Badger’s summer season is setting sail. The car ferry began its trips across Lake Michigan between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc on Friday. “Folks just want to come out and celebrate really what it means to them to have this...
