Manola
Year Built
1890
Year Sank
1918
Depth
75 ft (22.9 m)
Difficulty Level
Intermediate
Manola
Wreck Location
Southeast end of False Duck Island
~ GPS Shipwreck Location ~
Latitude: 43° 54' 13.2588" N Longitude: -76° 46' 7.4388" W
Description
The steel steamship Manola was built in 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio. The ship was to be utilized during WW I. The ship was cut in half and both the bow and stern were towed though the Welland Canal and across Lake Ontario. the stern section made it safely across the lake. The bow section sank during a snowstorm on December 3rd, 1918. Eleven lives were lost.