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The Daniel J. Morrell, a 603-foot freighter broke in two during a large storm on Lake Huron off the coast of Port Hope on Nov. 29, 1966. The freighter encountered 35-foot waves, snow and winds at ...
The Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island has a new webcam and will use it to share views of sunrises and sunsets from its front lawn. Here's the link: WMVision - LIVE Streaming (wetmet.net)
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
On November 19, 1966 the German freighter MV Nordmeer grounded and sank in shallow water seven miles north of Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron. The Mackinaw sailed from Cheboygan, collected 35 members of the crew and the ship's dog and carried them to Alpena either on the 20th [54] or 21st. [55]
SS Russia was an iron-hulled American Great Lakes package freighter that sank in a Lake Huron gale on April 30, 1909, near DeTour Village, Michigan, with all 22 of her crew and one passenger surviving.
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...
By seven feet (2.1 m), she was longer than the second largest ship on the Great Lakes and her engine had almost twice the power of engines installed in most lake freighters. [3] At 639 feet (195 m), she was the longest freighter (and the largest self-unloader) on the lakes for 22 years.
People from Port Huron — a city in St. Clair County, eastern Michigan. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. Sportspeople from Port ...