Onondaga
Schooner Barge · Canada · Lost 1907 · Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence
A converted schooner barge, mistaken for years as another vessel, sank in a coal tow off Stony Point in 1907.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Onondaga was built in 1870 as a three-masted schooner and later converted to a towed schooner barge. On November 5, 1907, while under tow from Oswego to Montreal with coal, heavy seas opened a leak and she foundered off Stony Point, New York, with no loss of life. Discovered in 2014, the wreck was initially believed to be an American vessel. NOAA fieldwork in 2024 and 2025 confirmed its identity as Onondaga.
Vessel
- 1870
- Canadian official no. 80913
- Henry Roney, Calvin & Breck Shipyard
- Garden Island, Ontario
- Wood
- 136.9 ft
- 26.6 ft
- 364
- Sail, three masts (towed as a barge at loss)
- Captain A. LeMay, Montreal, Quebec (at loss)
Loss
- November 5, 1907
- Storm
- Lake Ontario, off Stony Point, New York
- Lake Ontario
- Oswego, New York → Montreal, Quebec
- 632 tons of coal
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Helm still in place at the stern
- Not established
- 2014
- Within Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary
Position
- 43.84° N 76.33° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Stony Point, New York
The dive-resource site Shotline Diving publishes a specific coordinate (43.84271°N, 76.32863°W) for the wreck off Stony Point, discovered in 2019 and re-identified by NOAA in 2024-2025; NOAA's own profile currently lists its coordinates as 'to be announced.'
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
Precise coordinates and present depth have not been publicly released by NOAA.
NOAA Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary
Vessel history, loss narrative, discovery and identification.
wreck position
