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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.
The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1] 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 ...
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 ...
Mystery shipwreck that claimed captain's life found at bottom of Lake Superior after 84 years. ... Ontario, on April 30, 1940, bound for Owen Sound, Ontario, 1,000 miles to the east on Lake Huron ...
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 ...
Nearly 200 shipwrecks are believed to rest within or nearby the boundaries of the sanctuary, which includes the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena and some 4,300 square miles of ...