Saturday, October 11, 2008 Shipwreck Explorers Discover 1780 British Warship in Lake Ontario HMS Ontario, a British warship built in 1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Shipwreck enthusiasts Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville located the ship utilizing sophisticated side scanning sonar and an underwater remote operated vehicle. HMS Ontario is the oldest confirmed shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship to have ever been found in the Great Lakes.  more › 3 55 Send Lake Ontario Latest Articles Steamship Redfern and three other shipwrecks discovered in Lake Michigan The wooden bulk freighter Redfern sunk in 1937 has been discovered in deep water in northern Lake Michigan.  more › 0 1 Send Sunken Aircraft Found in Seneca Lake Seneca Lake - Pilot Alexander Gray experienced engine problems while flying over Seneca Lake in October 2007. Unsure if he could make it to an airfield, Alexander made a crash landing on Seneca Lake where his plane was lost in deep water. Dan Scoville of Rochester, NY and Chris Koberstein of Hudson, Quebec located the plane in early Augest this year using Scoville’s high tech side scan sonar on the bottom of Seneca Lake.  more › 0 0 Send Shipwreck Explorers Discover 1850’s Canadian Schooner in Lake Ontario A mid 1800’s Canadian schooner has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Sodus Point, New York.  more › 4 2 Send Lost Aircraft Found after 50 Years - updated Lac Simon, Quebec - A Republic RC-3 SeaBee has been found in the deep waters of Lac Simon, Quebec. The discovery ends the mystery of this lost aircraft that has endured for fifty years. Guy Morin and Chris Koberstein located the aircraft using sophisticated side scanning sonar equipment.  more › 2 5 Send Popular Links Hurricane Ike Reveals Mystery Civil War Blockade Runner orangebeach.ws — "Hurricane Ike's winds devastated the Gulf Coast last weekend. However those same winds have also uncovered an ancient relic, a mystery ship. An unidentified wooden shipwreck discovered two years ago after Hurricane Ivan hit the Alabama Gulf Coast on... 1 1 Send Raw video footage of HMS Ontario Shipwreck youtube.com — Video footage of the HMS Ontario sunk in 1780 in lake Ontario. The ship was found by Dan Scoville and Jim Kennard in June 2008. 3 14 Send Dan Scoville interviewed on Fox about Discovery of shipwreck HMS Ontario youtube.com — Dan Scoville is interviewed on Fox News about the discovery of the Revolutionary War shipwreck HMS Ontario. 2 0 Send Dom Mee Video aboard Kite Boat 'Little Murka' as Hurricane Wrecks Havoc liveleak.com — British sailor Dom Mee and his 14 foot kite-propelled boat named the Little Murka get caught in severe weather on a journey from Canada to England. The Little Murka was lashed by 70 km/h winds in seas up to 18 m high, and it lost its sea anchor, which... 1 1 Send First pictures of HMAS Sydney revealed theaustralian.news.com.au — THE first photographs have been released of the HMAS Sydney sitting at a depth of 2400m, 112 nautical miles off Dirk Hartog Island. The seven pictures show wreckage strewn on top of “Y” turret, and “B” turret with evidence of a direct hit by the German... 2 1 Send Largest Shipwreck Treasure Find Ever youtube.com — An American company is in the process of determining the value of a haul of sunken treasure, thought to be the biggest ever discovered. Odyssey Marine Exploration says it is examining more than half-a-million coins from the shipwreck as part of a find... 3 0 Send Upcoming Events 11/5/2008 Discovery of an Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner 11/20/2008 Discovery of an Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner View all events »

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