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Launched at Desronto in 1888, this was one of the only tug boats built with a centerwheel paddle.  more »
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The Aloha was built in 1888 at Mt. Clemens, Michigan. While in tow on route to Kingston in 1917, the Aloha foundered in a gale. One life was lost. The hull is mostly intact. Most of the artifacts have been removed and the winch can be viewed at the Marine...  more »
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The Cormorant was built in 1941. In 1949 she was renamed the Russell 4 and was sold to the Newton Creek Towning Company of New York. Merrit, Chapman & Scott repurchased her and renamed her the Cormorant. The tug sank was swamped by a large wave near...  more »
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Tugboat foundered near Oswego in 1957.  more »
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Wooden steamer 220 feet length stranded on Ford Shoal and broke up.  more »
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Canadian two masted schooner collided with the schooner Lucy J Latham. Carried full cargo of wheat.  more »
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Two masted schooner loaded with salt bound for Cleveland. Sprang a leak and sunk in deep water off of Oak Orchard.  more »
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Two masted schooner developed a leak in sank in fair weather  more »
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Caught fire off of Grassy Point  more »
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Two masted schooner grounded and sank in a gale. Broken up and scattered  more »
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Two masted schooner. Ran onto a shoal during a storm.  more »
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Two masted schooner mostly broken up. Carried cargo of coal.  more »
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schooner set fire as a specticle  more »
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Caught fire at Sunnyside Park in "Toronto and sank in 60 feet of water.  more »
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Three masted schooner barge. Typically bouyed during the diving season  more »
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War of 1812 US warship Sank in a gale on Lake Ontario Off limits for diving. Diving permit must be obtained from Canada.  more »
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Historic War of 1812 schooner caught in a storm.  more »
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Thought to be the schooner Henry Clay but identity not confirmed.  more »
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Wooden steamer loaded with coal. Stranded in a storm on Wautoma Shoals and went to pieces.  more »
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Two masted Canadian schooner standed, sank, and went to pieces on Wautoma Shoals  more »
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Steam powered wooden tugboat  more »
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The schooner Henry Roney was carrying limestone and lath. It sprang a leak and sank while trying to reach the Charlotte harbor or Rochester, NY. Currently only the bow and the stern are visible and are slowly disappearing.  more »
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The Homer Warren was the oldest wooden straight deck bulk freighter in operation on the Great Lakes when it foundered in a heavy gale on October 28, 1919. The ship was on route from Oswego, New York, to Toronto, Canada, with a crew of nine men, all of...  more »
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