The Norwegian collier SS Storstad ran into her in the St. Lawrence River's dense fog. More than a thousand people perished as the ship sank in a matter of minutes. As a result of the more well-known sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania, the "Forgotten Empress" has been mostly forgotten. <
How do I determine GPS coordinates for a wreck, if I only have a location description (e.g. 50 miles west of Kincardine, ON)?
How did captain John Lowes die?
Ship wreck near yacht club Pre 1960 Kingston Ontario Possible late 1800
Is it known what hour the empress of ireland sank?
I am interested in any information available concerning the Whelan which sank in Lake Erie , near Dunkirk, on July 29, 1930.?
We are looking to dive on a wreck from the war of 1812, in L.Ont. in less than 100ft. of water. Is this possible?
Could you please give a little more information on the Schooner Milan? I'd like to know a general area that it is located.
Anything on Seneca Lake, NY?
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is excited to announce the release of a new book titled Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario: A Journey of Discovery. This book contains stories of long lost shipwrecks and the journeys of the underwater explorers who found them, written by Jim Kennard with paintings by Roland Stevens and underwater imagery by Roger Pawlowski.
The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told.