AH-WR-0159

Queen of the Lakes

Three-Masted Schooner · Canada · Lost 1906 · Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence

A Kingston-owned coal schooner foundered in a Lake Ontario gale in 1906; all six aboard survived.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Queen of the Lakes was a three-masted wooden schooner built in 1857 and later owned by Richardson & Sons of Kingston, Ontario. On November 27, 1906, she left Charlotte, New York, bound for Kingston with a cargo of coal when a gale swept Lake Ontario. She foundered the next day off Sodus Point, though all six crew survived. Researchers located her wreck in 2011, and it now lies within the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary.

Vessel

Built: 1857
Registry: Canadian official no. 77526
Builder: George N. Ault
Yard: Portsmouth, Ontario
Material: Wood
Length: 129 ft
Beam: 23 ft
Tonnage: 337
Propulsion: Sail, three masts
Owners: Richardson & Sons, Kingston, Ontario (at loss)

Loss

Date: November 28, 1906
Cause: Storm
Location: Lake Ontario, off Sodus Point, New York
Water: Lake Ontario
Voyage: Charlotte, New York → Kingston, Ontario
Cargo: 480 tons of coal
Aboard: 6
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Wreck documented largely intact
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: 2011
Protection: Within Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary

Position

Coordinates: 43.27° N 76.99° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Sodus Point, New York
Region: Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence

General area only: coordinate of Sodus Point from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place near the loss location recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.