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Sweepstakes (also known as Sweeps) was a Canadian schooner built in Burlington, Ontario, in 1867. It was damaged off Cove Island, then towed to Big Tub Harbour in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, where it sank in September 1885. The remains of Sweepstakes lie in Big Tub Harbour, in the Fathom Five National Marine Park, in Tobermory, Ontario. [2]
The many shipwrecks make the park a popular scuba diving destination, and glass bottom boat tours leave Tobermory regularly, allowing tourists to see the shipwrecks without having to get wet. [4] Additionally, there are three main popular hiking trails found within Fathom Five National Marine Park that provides visitors with views of old growth ...
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 ...
The community is known as the "freshwater SCUBA diving capital of the world" [3] because of the numerous shipwrecks that lie in the surrounding waters, especially in Fathom Five National Marine Park. Tobermory and the surrounding area are popular vacation destinations. The town lies north of the Bruce Peninsula National Park.
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.
Bruce Peninsula National Park [10] - In the heart of a World Biosphere Reserve, the park contains massive, rugged cliffs inhabited by thousand year old cedar trees. The park is composed of an array of habitats from alvars to dense forests and several small lakes. Together these form a greater ecosystem - the largest remaining chunk of natural ...
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
The Thousand Islands chapter of S.O.S., for example, wants to create an underwater sculpture park in the St. Lawrence River a short distance from Centeen Park in 2014–15. Students of Thousand Islands Secondary School are creating 6 sculptures representing six people looking up at the river's surface out of concrete and rebar for the park ...