Saginaw River Images: Saginaw River Passage - July 5, 2025: Algoma Buffalo

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Saginaw River Passage - July 5, 2025: Algoma Buffalo

Algoma Buffalo made her first visit to the Saginaw River for the season on Saturday, bringing a split load to the Wirt Sand & Stone Dock in Essexville and the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw. After completing her unload Saturday afternoon, Algoma Buffalo lead a convoy of vessels out of the Saginaw River, including herself, Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, and then Olive L. Moore/Menominee. They would pass Herbert C. Jackson, waiting at the Wirt Dock in Bay City, and then out to the lake. Herbert C. Jackson, once clear, traveled upriver to unload at the Burroughs North - GM Dock in Saginaw. Photos taken 7/5/25

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Following the boats of the Saginaw River and Great Lakes

Here is a little background on my history with the boats: I have been an avid photographer and follower of the big lake freighters that carry their cargoes between the ports of the Great Lakes. During that time, a number of my photos have been used by various shipping companies and in publications from the U.S. Coast Guard, Lake Carriers Association, the Marine Legal Review, and in the annual boatwatchers bible, "Know Your Ships". I also report news and vessel passage information from the Saginaw River to both Boatnerd.com and to the local newspaper, The Bay City Times, and have been fortunate enough to have had the honor of being aboard and taking a trip on a Great Lakes Freighter. I am also a licensed U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner, Captain and deckhand for the Bay City Boat Lines, and a Deckhand for Malcom Marine, Inc.

In this blog, you will see information on the vessels that ply the waters of the Saginaw River, photos, and vessel passage information. I hope that you will enjoy what is posted here.