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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
This list includes shipwrecks that are located in the waters of Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings .
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 ...
It was included within the boundaries of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary when the sanctuary was created on September 6, 2024. [3] It is one of the most accessible shipwrecks for recreational divers in the sanctuary.
The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary covers 1,722 square miles (1,300 sq nmi; 4,460 km 2) in U.S. waters in southeastern Lake Ontario. Designated on September 6, 2024, the national marine sanctuary protects historic shipwrecks and an area of great cultural, historical, and spiritual importance to the Native American peoples of the ...