Event
Rochester Torch Club
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Event Starts at 7:00 PM
Discovery of an Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner
Chronicles the discovery of the Schooner Milan, the oldest commercial vessel found in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The Milan build in 1845, was carrying 100 barrels of Onondaga salt from Oswego to Cleveland when it sank near Oak Orchard in 1849. Includes development of the underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV) that captured the video images of the Milan shipwreck.
http://www.shipwreckworld.com/story/discovery-of-an-early-1800s-schooner-in-lake-ontario.aspx
Plus: An update and short video on the discovery of the 231 year old British warship, HMS Ontario, found in 2008 by the shipwreck exploration team in Lake Ontario.
Location Details:Terry Hill Golf Club (Batavia)
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is excited to announce the release of a new book titled Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario: A Journey of Discovery. This book contains stories of long lost shipwrecks and the journeys of the underwater explorers who found them, written by Jim Kennard with paintings by Roland Stevens and underwater imagery by Roger Pawlowski.
The recent discovery of the wreck of the
British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves
several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two
centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario
can finally be told.