Saginaw River Passages - October 27th

With peak winds reaching 55 knots and the water level dropping over two feet, to a minus 25.68 inches, the Saginaw River was a pretty lonely place on Wednesday. That changed on Thursday as the weather improved and traffic started moving again. Calumet called on the GM dock in Saginaw, Thursday morning to unload. She was back outbound for the lake during the ear;y evening. Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. was inbound during the afternoon with coal for the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville. She backed out into the bay to turn and head for the lake late in the evening Thursday.