Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence
Deep water at the head of the seaway
Lake Ontario is deep, cold and open, and the river that drains it narrows into a maze of channels and islands.
Grain and coal fleets crossed Lake Ontario on long open runs with few harbours of refuge, and autumn gales caught schooners far from shelter. At the eastern end the lake empties into the St. Lawrence through the Thousand Islands, where narrow channels, shoals and current claimed vessels that strayed from the marked track. The lake's depth means many losses went down intact and were never found for a century.
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Records in These Waters
RegisteredA. E. Vickery
AH-WR-2049Fishers Landing, New York
1889 · Schooner · 115 ft deep
AvailableAmerican
AH-WR-0728Stony Point, New York
1894 · Schooner · 150 ft deep
AvailableAnnie Falconer
AH-WR-1546Near False Duck Island, Ontario
1904 · Two-Masted Schooner
AvailableAriadne
AH-WR-0287Lake Ontario / Saint Lawrence River, New York
19th century · Wooden Schooner
AvailableBanshee
AH-WR-1548White’s Bay, Henderson Harbor, New York
30 September or 1 October 1924 · Two-Masted Schooner
AvailableBay State
AH-WR-0290Lake Ontario, New York
19th century · Wooden Schooner
AvailableDavid W. Mills
AH-WR-0236Oswego, New York
1919 · Bulk Freighter
AvailableEastcliffe Hall
AH-WR-2050Morrisburg, Ontario
1970 · Bulk Carrier · 70 ft deep
AvailableEllsworth
AH-WR-0727Stony Island, New York
1877 · Steam Barge · 21 ft deep
AvailableEtta Belle
AH-WR-0288Lake Ontario, New York
19th century · Wooden Schooner
AvailableGeorge A. Marsh
AH-WR-1533Kingston, Ontario
1917 · Three-Masted Schooner
AvailableGordon
AH-WR-0440Oswego, New York
1879 · Dredge Barge
AvailableHinckley
AH-WR-1558Between Stony Island and Stony Point, New York
1929 · Steam Barge
Historical ListingHMS Ontario
AH-WR-1517Oswego, New York
1780 · Sloop Of War
Historical ListingHMS Speedy
AH-WR-1532Presqu'ile Point, Ontario
1804 · Schooner
AvailableHomer Warren
AH-WR-0237Pultneyville, New York
1919 · Bulk Freighter
AvailableIona
AH-WR-0441Oswego, New York
1912 · Steambarge
AvailableLillie Parsons
AH-WR-2053Brockville, Ontario
1877 · Schooner · 65 ft deep
AvailableMary
AH-WR-0162Oswego, New York
1905 · Two-Masted Schooner
AvailableNellie P. Downey
AH-WR-0438Oswego, New York
1884 · Schooner
AvailableOcean Wave
AH-WR-0161Oswego, New York
1890 · Two-Masted Schooner
AvailableOliver Mowat
AH-WR-1564Southeast of False Duck Island, Ontario
September 1921 · Three-Masted Schooner
AvailableOnondaga
AH-WR-0160Stony Point, New York
1907 · Schooner Barge
AvailablePerseverance
AH-WR-0289Lake Ontario, New York
19th century · Wooden Schooner
AvailablePhilip Becker
AH-WR-0439Oswego, New York
1879 · Tugboat · 295 ft deep
AvailableQueen of the Lakes
AH-WR-0159Sodus Point, New York
1906 · Three-Masted Schooner
AvailableRoy A. Jodrey
AH-WR-2054Alexandria Bay, New York
1974 · Bulk Carrier · 254 ft deep
AvailableSt. Peter
AH-WR-0235Pultneyville, New York
1898 · Schooner
Historical ListingUSS Scourge
AH-WR-1450Off Port Dalhousie, near St. Catharines, Ontario
1813 · Schooner · 290-300 deep
AvailableW.Y. Emery
AH-WR-0442Ontario, New York
1899 · Schooner
AvailableWashington
AH-WR-0443Oswego, New York
1803 · Sloop
