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After 80 years of service, a veteran WWII laker has reached the end of the line. Read more in Boatnerd News:

Boatnerd News – September 23, 2023 - Boatnerd Veteran laker Joseph H. Thompson headed to Port Colborne for scrapping The next Great Lakes vessel to be scrapped at Port Colborne, ON, will be the self-unloading barge Joseph H. Thompson. Wayne Elliot, owner of Marine Recycling Corp., posted the news on his page Friday, saying her ETA will...

On this day in 1952, the Charles L. Hutchinson was christened at Cleveland, OH, for Pioneer Steamship. Read more in Today in Great Lakes History:

Today in Great Lakes History – September 23 - Boatnerd 1873 The scow WAUBONSIE was launched at the Curtis yard in Fort Gratiot, MI. 1910 The BETHLEHEM (steel propeller package freighter; 290 feet; 2,633 gross tons; built in 1888 at Cleveland, OH) was carrying general merchandise when she went ashore in a gale on the southwestern side of South Manitou Is...

Sad news out of Assigninack, ON, has confirmed that the historic ferry Norisle will be towed for scrap this fall. Read more in Boatnerd News:

Boatnerd News – September 9, 2023 - Boatnerd S.S. Norisle to be scrapped An historic ship that once sailed the Tobermory to Manitoulin Island ferry route on Canada’s Georgian Bay is going to be scrapped. Township of Assiginack council voted at a recent meeting to accept a proposal from Marine Recycling Corporation to dispose of the S.S. Nori...