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Canada: 5 November 1906 A four-masted barque that ran aground and sank off Priest Pond in the Yankee Gale of 1906. True Friends: Canada: 25 September 1824 A passenger cargo ship that struck a reef and sank off East Point. Tunstall Canada: 11 May 1884
Shipwrecks of the Newfoundland and Labrador coast (1 C, 44 P) ... Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Canada" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 ...
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the British Columbia coast" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The expedition provided clear photographs of the wrecks that confirmed their identities, collecting more than 1,500 photographs and 23 hours of video overall. These were the first pictures taken of the Scourge. [7] The ships had sunk to the bottom, still upright, about 1,500 feet (460 m) apart and at a depth of around 300 feet (91 m) of icy water.
However, in 1997 before either wreck was discovered but in the belief that the wrecks must be within Canadian waters, the United Kingdom had entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Canada, that Canada could own the wrecks. In 1999, Canada created the new territory of Nunavut as part of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
This is a list of shipwrecks located in or around North America, within the territorial waters of countries which for political purposes are considered a part of the North American continent, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the island nations of the Caribbean.
Between 1980 and 1985, Emperor was the second-most popular shipwreck at Isle Royale National Park, behind the excursion steamer America. [62] However, as of 2009, she is Isle Royale's most frequently visited shipwreck, accounting for over 350 of the 1062 dives made to the wrecks in the park that year. [74]
SS Ithaka is a wrecked steam freighter and landmark on the coast of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba.Originally built as the lake freighter Frank A. Augsbury for the Canadian George Hall Coal & Shipping Corporation in 1922, she went on to sail for a variety of different owners in different locations being renamed to Granby in 1927, Parita II in 1948, Valbruna in 1951, Lawrencecliffe Hall in ...