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James C. King
Open water dive site
 rated, discovered 360 time(s).
Lake Hurron 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 383 time(s).
Lake Hurron 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 374 time(s).
Lake Ontario 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 391 time(s).
Lake Ontario 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 383 time(s).
Leeds and Grenville 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 428 time(s).
Lake Erie 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 367 time(s).
Stormont Dundas and Glengarry 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 359 time(s).
Lake Hurron 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 348 time(s).
Chatham Kent 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 364 time(s).
Lake Erie 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 364 time(s).
Lake Hurron 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 395 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 367 time(s).
Lake Erie 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 359 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 356 time(s).
Lake Ontario 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 437 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 359 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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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 376 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Olive Branch
The Olive Branch sank in a storm on Sept. 30, 1880, with the loss of all 5 on board.
rated, discovered 385 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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Pascal P. Pratt
The wooden bulk freighter Pascal P. Pratt caught fire while hauling a coal cargo from Buffalo to Milwaukee. The captain grounded her on Long Point on Nov. 16, 1908. Bass and perch abound at this site. Brought to you by Ontario Underwater Council:
rated, discovered 401 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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