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North Wind
On July 1, 1926, the North Wind was steaming along Lake Huron's North Channel on, by most accounts, a beautiful clear day. Inexplicably, she struck Robertson Rock. The crew abandoned ship and the North Wind sank.
rated, discovered 380 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Nimrod
The three-masted schooner Nimrod sank with a cargo of corn after a collision with the schooner Michigan, on Nov. 8, 1874 in dense fog.
rated, discovered 364 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Niagara II
On May 15, 1999, the former freighter and sand dredge Niagara II was scuttled to provide a new dive site. This vessel was sunk just outside the boundaries of Fathom Five National Marine Park by the Tobermory Maritime Association. The ship sits upri
rated, discovered 442 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Munson
Preserve Our Wrecks (POW) Kingston has done such a marvelous job of educating divers that some of the tools, cutlery, and other small items that went down when the Munson sank in 1890 are still there.
rated, discovered 360 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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Michigan
The 297 foot Michigan was engaged in removing the grain from the stranded Riverton at Hope Island in Nov. 1943, when she was blown into the shallows by high winds. Today, the wreck lies in 5-20 feet of water with much machinery and metalwork to view.
rated, discovered 364 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Merida
The steel freighter Merida was one of four ships that sank in the 'Black Friday' storm of Oct. 20, 1916. She sits upright on the bottom, with the mid-section disappearing into the lake bottom, as if her back were broken.
rated, discovered 371 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Marquette
Located by divers in late 1975, this formerly unidentified 'Hope Island Wreck' is the 139' 3' (41.8-metre) schooner, Marquette. Although pilfered of some of its artifacts (only one deadeye remains, on the bowsprit), this site offers excellent views
rated, discovered 398 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Mapledawn
On Nov. 30. 1924 gales stranded the Mapledawn, bound for Port McNichol with a barley cargo, on Christian Island in a blinding snowstorm. Two weeks of salvage recovered 75,000 bushels of barley but the ship was declared a total loss.
rated, discovered 369 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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M. I. Wilcox
The M. I. Wilcox was launched on May 2, 1868. 38 years and one week later, on May 9, 1906, she met her fate.
rated, discovered 370 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Lycoming
The Lycoming burned to the waterline while docked at Erieau on Oct. 21, 1910. The site includes a large 4-bladed propeller.
rated, discovered 353 time(s).
Chatham Kent region, Ontario
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Lottie Wolf
The three masted, 126' (37.8-metre) schooner, Lottie Wolf, launched at Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1866, sailed for Midland from Chicago with a cargo of corn when she struck a rock during severe weather on Oct 16, 1891.
rated, discovered 363 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Lock 21
Lock 21 was built in 1885-86 as part of the second enlargement of the old St. Lawrence River canal system.
rated, discovered 371 time(s).
Stormont Dundas and Glengarry region, Ontario
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Little Wissahickon
This three-masted schooner sprang a leak as she was being towed across Lake Erie with a cargo of coal and foundered on July 10, 1896. The wreck sits upright, with the ship's wheel at the stern, and windlass and anchors at the bow.
rated, discovered 434 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Lillie Parsons
The Lillie is one of the areas most popular wrecks, lying upside down in 50' to 70' off of Sparrow Island, in a strong current on the edge of the shipping channel. Recommended diving on the Lillie is off of Sparrow Island.
rated, discovered 390 time(s).
Leeds and Grenville region, Ontario
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Kinghorn
The Kinghorn was one of seven wheat-laden schooner-barges being towed by the Hiram A. Walker on Apr. 27, 1897. A storm sank three of the barges, with the Kinghorn leaking so badly it sank just before reaching Rockport.
rated, discovered 396 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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Katie Eccles
On Nov. 26, 1922, the Katie Eccles left Oswego, New York with 300 tons of hard coal. She soon lost her rudder, but made it to Timber Island before dropping anchor.
rated, discovered 379 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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John B. Martin
This ship collided with the steel steambarge Yuma while avoiding the wrecked vessel Fontana, and sank on Sept. 21, 1900, with the loss of 4 lives.
rated, discovered 389 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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James C. King
Open water dive site
rated, discovered 364 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Henry C. Daryaw
The Daryaw tore a huge gash in her starboard side when she ran aground in a dense fog near Brockville on Nov. 21, 1941, with the loss of one life.
rated, discovered 550 time(s).
Leeds and Grenville region, Ontario
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George Worthington
The twin-masted schooner George Worthington sank after a collision with the schooner George W. Davis, on July 12, 1887. The upright wreck sports twin bow anchors, windlass, deadeyes, centreboard, and tools on the deck.
rated, discovered 621 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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