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17 Fathom Wreck
This unidentified shipwreck was a small two-masted schooner. There is evidence of fire damage. There are a windlass and chain locker at the bow, and hatches near the stern. There is a mast lying across the starboard rail.
rated, discovered 818 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Cecil J.
The Cecil J. was set ablaze and scuttled by her owner in 1943 after several misfortunes. The scattered remains attract considerable fish life.
rated, discovered 817 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Atlantic
The Atlantic is probably the most historically significant shipwreck on the bottom of Lake Erie.
rated, discovered 816 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Brown Brothers
The wooden fishing tug Brown Brothers sank on Oct. 28, 1959. She foundered in a storm while being towed by another tug.
rated, discovered 793 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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C. B. Benson
The wreck of the C. B. Benson sits upright and is very intact. One can see belaying pins on the fife rail, deadeyes, blocks, a bilge pump, anchor, lifeboat davits, and the ship's wheel.
rated, discovered 785 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Charles P. Minch
Open water dive site
rated, discovered 785 time(s).
Bruce region, Ontario
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Carlingford
In Lake Erie, twelve miles out from Dunkirk and 90 feet below the surface, rests the two-masted schooner CARLINGFORD. This wooden vessel sank after colliding with the steel steamer Brunswick on Nov. 12, 1888.
rated, discovered 784 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Annie Falconer
The two-masted schooner Annie Falconer foundered in a violent storm on Nov. 12, 1904, with a cargo of soft coal. The wreck sits upright on a mud bottom, and is well preserved, with deadeyes, anchors, blocks, chain and the ship's wheel in place.
rated, discovered 773 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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City of Sheboygan
The City of Sheboygan foundered in a violent storm on Sept. 25, 1915, with the loss of captain and crew. Much of the wreck is still intact.
rated, discovered 766 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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Caroline Rose
This scuttled ship lies in Driftwood Cove, about 4 miles southeast of Tobermory and about half a mile outside the marine park boundary. This ship is reported to be one of the three ships pictured on the back of the Canadian $100 bill.
rated, discovered 764 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Arabia
Open water dive site
rated, discovered 759 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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City of Grand Rapids
Open water dive site
rated, discovered 729 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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Comet
The propulsion devices of this 337-ton side wheeler still tower 25' above the bottom of Lake Ontario near Kingston. They are the most intact part of the ship, with much of the upper decks having been flattened.
rated, discovered 626 time(s).
Lake Ontario 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 616 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Frank E. Vigor
The steel freighter Frank E. Vigor sank in a collision with the steel steamer Philip Minch, on Apr. 27, 1944 in dense fog. The hull rests upside down, facing north.
rated, discovered 611 time(s).
Lake Erie region, Ontario
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Forest City
Open water dive site
rated, discovered 601 time(s).
Lake Hurron region, Ontario
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George A. Marsh
The Marsh was lost in a storm on August 8, 1917.
rated, discovered 593 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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Frontenac
The wooden tug Frontenac was returning from a wrecking job on Dec. 11, 1929, when she began taking on water. She sank within 10 minutes. There are a number of artifacts still in place on this wreck, and a substantial portion is still intact.
rated, discovered 571 time(s).
Lake Ontario region, Ontario
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Edmund Fitzgerald
The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29-member crew during a violent fall storm on November 10, 1975, just northwest of Whitefish Point in southeast Lake Superior was at the time the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes in 9
rated, discovered 567 time(s).
Lake Superior 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 546 time(s).
Leeds and Grenville region, Ontario
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