Edgar-B-Speer

Two vessels best by ice in the St. Marys River were freed in the afternoon of Dec 28, 2017. The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay freed the "Walter J. McCarthy Jr." from the ice in the upbound Middle Neebish Channel of the St. Marys River at approximately 2:00 p.m. The Canadian Coast Guard ship "Samuel Risley" freed the "Edgar B. Speer" from the ice near Sawmill Point in the downbound channel of the St. Marys River at approximately 3:00 p.m. The "Walter J. McCarthy Jr." had got stuck in the ice late on Dec 27, the "Edgar B. Speer" became stuck in the ice at approximately 4 a.m. the next morning. A total of twelve vessels were affected by the restriction of the waterway posed by the vessels stuck in the ice.

The "Edgar B. Speer" was caught in ice at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron in the afternoon of Mar 20, 2010. The vessel was stopped moving about 2:30 p.m. The vessel was freed about 8:45 p.m. after the U.S. Coast Guard's „Bristol Bay“ was called in to break up ice. The ship was empty and bound for Two Harbors, Minn. The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard planned to break ice in the areathe follwing two days.