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A rare Great Lakes Sloop dating from the mid-nineteenth century has been discovered near the north east end of Lake Ontario in the upper St. Lawrence River.  more »
0 0 DennisRMcCarthy Dec 7, 2011 in St. Lawrence River
We are pleased to announce that our 36" x 24" laminated "Shipwrecks of Lake Erie" chart is now available.  This artistic chart provides accurate GPS locations, paintings of vessels as they sit today, and images of ships before they sank. ...  more »
0 0 GWachter Nov 30, 2011 in Lake Erie
A large crane and associated construction equipment with an estimate worth of over $700,000 lost in a violent October gale in 1981 has been discovered by a team of shipwreck explorers in Lake Ontario.  more »
0 0 JimKennard Nov 11, 2011 in Lake Ontario
For many years SCUBA divers and fishermen have occasionally come upon some of the nearly century old sunken wrecks in Oneida Lake. The locations of these wrecks have been kept secret as they are great places for fishermen to find game...  more »
1 2 JimKennard Sep 8, 2011 in Oneida Lake
Mike and Georgann Wachter authors of the Erie Wrecks series of books are pleased to announce the discovery of the schooner barge Commodore.  This 170 foot long vessel was lost on June 17, 1918 while being towed from Cleveland to Sandwich...  more »
0 0 GWachter Aug 24, 2011 in Lake Erie
A mid 1800's Canadian schooner, Queen of the Lakes, has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Sodus Point, New York.  more »
0 0 JimKennard Jul 15, 2011 in Lake Ontario
Discovery earlier this year by a member of the association AREVPAM, located the wreckage in the Golfe of Giens (South of France, Hyères, french Riviera) rests in 10 meters deep on sandy bottom.The shipwreck, probably a Tartane  was a small...  more »
0 0 AREVPAM Jun 15, 2011 in Other
The wreckage of what is believed to be an original Erie Canal boat has been discovered in the Oswego River south of Fulton, New York.  more »
0 0 shipwreckworld Dec 8, 2010 in Rivers
Shipwreck explorers Jim Kennard and Dick Duncan recently conducted a search in the Hudson River near Saugerties, New York, using a very high resolution imaging sonar discovering seven abandoned shipwrecks within just a few hours. Over 400 years ago Henry...  more »
0 1 JimKennard Oct 6, 2010 in Shipwreck sonar imagery
  In the French Riviera, a wreck is lying for several decades. An aircraft, whose debris was discovered a few days ago by divers archaeologists of the AREVPAM (www.arevpam.org), an association working for the development and preservation of...  more »
0 0 AREVPAM Jul 21, 2010 in Aircraft - sunken wrecks
A group of Wisconsin marine historians and divers have announced the discovery of the missing steamship L.R. Doty, which vanished in a violent Lake Michigan storm 112 years ago, on October 25, 1898. The Doty was the largest wooden ship still missing on Lake Michigan, with an overall length of 300 feet.  more »
0 6 bbaillod Jun 23, 2010 in Lake Michigan
  Shipwrecks of the Thousand Islands  Dennis McCarthy and Skip Couch, scuba divers for over 40 years, are announcing a new reference book. The “Shipwrecks of the Thousand Islands” is a book that documents the lost fleet of...  more »
0 0 JimKennard Mar 21, 2010 in St. Lawrence River
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