Friday morning saw the arrival of Robert S. Pierson on the Saginaw River, her first visit of the season and first visit sailing for her new owners, Algoma Central. She stopped first at the Wirt Sand & Stone Dock in Essexville to unload the first part of a split cargo, then headed upriver to finish unloading at the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw. Photos Taken 6/19/26
Sam Laud arrived Thursday afternoon, traveling up the Saginaw River to the Burroughs North/GM Dock in Saginaw to unload. Photos taken 6/18/26
Samuel de Champlain/Innovation were back on the Saginaw River Monday afternoon, calling on the Amrize Cement Dock in Essexville to unload. Once finished, the pair waited for the Algoma Compass to clear outbound, then went up to the Essexville Turning Basin, winded around and headed outbound for the lake at sunset. Photos taken 6/15/26
For the final post of Algoma Compass, she is outbound on the Saginaw River, setting up the "triple" passing between Defiance/Ashtabula, unloading in the slip at Port Fisher, and Samuel de Champlain/Innovation, preparing to depart Amrize Cement and head for the Essexville Turning Basin. Photos taken 6/15/2026.
Part 3 of Algoma Compass heading up the Saginaw River catches her at the Veteran's Memorial Bridge in Bay City. She can be seen passing my old boat, Princess Wenonah, tied up at her home dock in Wenonah Park. Photos taken 6/15/26.
