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On 23 September 1588, the San Juan de Sicilia was spotted off Islay, and several days later landed in Tobermory Bay, on the Isle of Mull. The ship was not damaged, but the crew were short of water, and the ship's senior officer negotiated for supplies with the local chieftain, Lachlan MacLean of Duart.
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.
True North II was a small, 10.6 metre glass-bottom tour boat that sank on June 16, 2000, in 15 metres (49 ft) of water off of Tobermory, Ontario, Canada, in Georgian Bay, while transporting a class of 13 students from an overnight field trip to Flowerpot Island back to the mainland. Two of the students, 12-year-olds Wade Simmons and Henrike ...
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 ...
The ship was driven ashore in Tobermory Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated on 29 April and beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull. [58] Elizabeth: Van Diemen's Land: The schooner was driven ashore in Encounter Bay. She was later refloated and taken into Port Adelaide, South ...
Tobermory is a small community located at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Until European colonization in the mid-19th century, the Bruce Peninsula was home to the Saugeen Ojibway nations, with their earliest ancestors reaching the area as early as 7,500 years ago. [ 1 ]
Bay State: 4 November 1862 Screw propeller, sank in storm. Wreck discovered August 2015. [36] Belle Sheridan: 7 November 1880 A 123-foot (37 m) two-masted schooner. She was carrying coal en route to Toronto when caught in the Gale of 1880 and after fighting for hours, sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in Wellers Bay. Only one of the crew of ...
Tobermory (/ ˌ t oʊ b ər ˈ m ɔːr i /; Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Mhoire) [2] is the capital of, and until 1973 the only burgh on, the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides.It is located on the east coast of Mishnish, the most northerly part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull.