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The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York.It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
HMS Ontario was a British warship that sank in a storm in Lake Ontario on 31 October 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. [2] She was a 22-gun snow, and, at 80 feet (24 m) in length, the largest British warship on the Great Lakes at the time. [2] The shipwreck was discovered in 2008.
Eastern Lake Ontario in 90 feet (27 m) of water Olive Branch: 30 September 1880 Schooner Oliver Mowat: 9 January 1921 Schooner Onondaga: A schooner off Stony Point, New York. HMS Ontario Royal Navy: 31 October 1780 A British 22-gun brig-sloop sunk in a storm on Lake Ontario, discovered in 2008. The oldest shipwreck ever found on the Great Lakes ...
Late on the afternoon of October 26, 1898, St. Peter was sailing in southeastern Lake Ontario off the coast of New York westbound for Toledo, Ohio, [2] with a cargo of 607 short tons (542 long tons; 551 tonnes) of "chestnut coal" [4] when she encountered a blizzard with gale-force winds. [2]
The shipwrecks include some of the oldest in the Great Lakes [6] and are among the best-preserved in the world, [4] and even the oldest of them is in pristine condition thanks to the cold fresh water of Lake Ontario. [6] Among shipwrecks within the sanctuary's boundaries is that of the oldest known commercial sailing vessel in Lake Ontario ...
This includes shipwrecks on Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes in North America. Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
As the storm continued to rage, the ship came apart, eventually killing 46 people. The wreck of the Algoma was the worst loss of life in the history of Lake Superior shipping. [5] 2: Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites: Amboy and George Spencer Shipwreck Sites: April 14, 1994 : Lake Superior shore about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove [6
A schooner that sank off Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands, Lake Ontario. True North II Canada: 16 June 2000 A glass-bottomed tour boat that sank in Georgian Bay, killing two students. Victoria Canada: 1881 A ferry that capsized and sank near London, Ontario, with the loss of 181 lives. [12] Waubuno: 22 November 1879