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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 ...
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 ...
Tobermory, Ontario. ... caves, and overhangs, alongside more than 20 historical shipwrecks. At night, ... Often described as the prettiest town in Ontario, the well-preserved 19th-century village ...
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 ]
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
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 ...
Shipwrecks of the Ontario coast (7 P) Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Canada" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.