There are nearly 100 shipwrecks lying on the bottom of Eastern Lake Ontario and in the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ontario. Kingston for many years was an important shipping port that connected the great lakes to the St. Lawrence River until the 1950s when the seaway was built.
Vessel | Type | Notes | Depth | Location |
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Alberta | Tug, center wheeled | A Lake tug with the appearance of an Alligator Tug from the Ottawa River logging days, | 100 feet (30 m) | Bay of Quinte, Near Kingston, Ontario |
Aloha | Schooner Barge | Sunk in 1917, while in tow of the CW Chamberlain | 55 feet (17 m) | Nine Mile Point, Kingston, Ontario |
Annie Falconer | Schooner | Sank in a Storm 1904 en-route to Picton, Ontario. One crew member perished of exposure upon reaching Amherst Island. | 80 feet (24 m) | False Duck Island between Kingston, Ontario and Point Petre, Ontario |
Augustus | Schooner | Sank en route to be scuttled during the 1937 Portsmouth harbour clean up. | 60 feet (18 m) | Snake Island, Kingston, Ontario |
China | Small Steamer | Caught fire and sank in 1872, six months after launching. | 85 feet (26 m) | False Duck Island 12 Miles west of Kingston, Ontario |
City of Sheyboygan | Schooner | Sank in a storm 1925 with the loss of 5 people | 98 feet (30 m) | Amherst Island, Kingston Ontario |
Comet | Paddlewheeler (double) | Sunk in a collision with the Schooner Exchange, with the loss of 2 lives in 1861. | 80 feet (24 m) | Nine Mile Point, Simcoe Island near Kingston, Ontario |
Cornwall | Paddlewheeler (double) | Ex Kingston, Ex Bavarian, Ex Algerian Scuttled in the Amherst Island graveyard in 1931 | 70 feet (21 m) | Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
Dredge Islander | Dredge | Scuttled in the Snake Island graveyard after harbour cleanup in 1930s | 50 feet (15 m) | Snake Island, near Kingston Ontario |
DSS (Dupont Salvage Scow) | Salvage Scow | Scuttled near Dupont Point, perhaps after the Elevator Bay clean up | 75 feet (23 m) | Dupont Point, Kingston, Ontario |
Effie Mae | Charter Boat | Scuttled beside the Aloha 1993 for a diving attraction | 55 feet (17 m) | Nine Mile Point, Kingston, Ontario |
Empress | Steamer | Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard real name unknown | 70 feet (21 m) | Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
Frontenac | Tug | |||
Glendora | Steamer | Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard real name unknown | 70 feet (21 m) | Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
George T Davie | Barge | |||
George A. Marsh | Schooner | During heavy gale Wednesday Aug. 17, 1917. Twelve of fourteen crew and passengers died[1] | 85 feet (26 m) | Off Pigeon Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
Hilda | Wrecker | |||
HMS St Lawrence (1814) | wooden warship during the War of 1812 | the ship was decommissioned and her hull was used as a storage facility by Morton's Brewery in Kingston. In January 1832, the hull was sold to Robert Drummond for £25. Later, it was sunk close to shore, and is now a popular diving attraction. | 30 feet (9.1 m) | Near Kingston, Ontario |
HMS Wolfe (1813) later HMS Montreal | freshwater sloop of war during the War of 1812 | Ordered broken up, then ordered sold, in 1831 Presumed rotted and sunk at Kingston, | 60 feet (18 m) | A wreck, identified as HMS Montreal by Parks Canada in 2006, lies near the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. GPS N44.13.386 W76.27.631 |
KPH Wreck | Flat Barge 100' long | 65 feet (20 m) | Off Kingston Psychiatric Hospital | |
Kattie Eccles | Schooner | |||
Waterlily (KPH) | Steam Barge | |||
Londonderry | Wrecker | |||
Marine Museum 2 | Scow | |||
Mark One | Tug | |||
Munson | Dredge | Sank on Wed April 30, 1890 in 4 minutes due to leaking plank[2] | 110 feet (34 m) | Off Lemoine Point near Kingston, Ontario |
Maple Glen | Steamer | |||
Monkey Wrench | Schooner | Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard real name unknown | 70 feet (21 m) | Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
Olive Branch | Schooner | |||
Ocean Wave | Paddlewheeler | |||
Oliver Mowat | Schooner | |||
Queen Mary | Steamer | Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard, real name unknown | 70 feet (21 m) | Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
R.H. Rae | Schooner | |||
Ricky's Tug | Tug | Scuttled in the Amherst Island Graveyard, real name unknown | 90 feet (27 m) | Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario |
S.M. Douglas | Dredger | ex White Star | ||
Terry's Tug | Tug | |||
William Jamieson | Schooner | |||
William Johnston | Tug | 90 feet (27 m) | N44'07.526, W76'33.508. It lies in 90' off 9-Mile Point near the Davie | |
Wolfe Islander II | Car ferry |