Raw video footage of HMS Ontario Shipwreck

by shipwreckworld Jun 14th, 2008, made popular Jun 14th, 2008

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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.

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25 Comments

by Kip on 6/14/2008 You guys are amazing and this is the find of the new millenium
by Kyle-in-PA on 6/14/2008 Wow!
by Brandy on 6/15/2008 WOW! What an awesome find. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful piece of history.
by MRK on 6/15/2008 Fantastic!
by Amin in TO on 6/15/2008 That looks awesome. What a great look at the past. Keep up the good work. Any interesting treasure found? Also, any plans on surfacing the ship, if possible?? Thanks for the history lesson.
by JeffW-Htos1 on 6/16/2008 Cool video! Thanks.
by Tony T on 6/16/2008 What a fantastic bit of underwater footage and for sure the find of the modern age.
by moshe on 6/16/2008 Edmund Fitztgerald chilling footage but great
by Rich W on 6/16/2008 Absolutly amazing, great job guys. I hope it can be raised and Great britan does not try to stand in the way.
by Steve H on 6/16/2008 Great find and awesome footage but why is the video dated 08.06.08? (8 June 2008)
by AJ on 6/16/2008 As a retired Sailor, I hope the men rest in peace. And thanks to you gentlemen, the men now have a burial site and their ship: a resting place. Keep up the GREAT work.
by Brims on 6/17/2008 What a terrific find! I read elsewhere that there are no plans to raise it. I'm glad to hear that. Keep up the great work.
by tomcat the barber on 6/28/2008 thank you, for a great find of history,and for the future !!!!!!!!!
by anonymous on 7/15/2008 raise her!
by elder master on 12/13/2008 This beautiful footage shows us some great detail considering the ship has been 228 years below the surface. Stunning and remarkable...good jod
by anonymous on 12/14/2008 It's a grave site ... leave it be
by T on 12/14/2008 The level of preservation is amazing. Truly a fantastic find.
by johnd on 12/14/2008 I agree this gravesite should be left undisturbed, it has been documented very well
by Johnnywad on 12/14/2008 I live 3 blocks from the Welland Ship Canal near Bridge 21 in Port Colborne.I remember well, the Fitzgerald pssing through the locks,time and again.A tragic end to a great crew,and a fantastic lady.May "She" and the boys,find the rest they are due.My deepest condolences to all families,friends as well as the people who knew and loved them. Twenty nine prayers,for twenty nine lives.
by Compaqxl590 on 12/14/2008 i know this is a grave site and i understand that but with the age of she ship and the condition of the site i think i would raise her.. this is a step right in to the past that will never be seen again. i belive i would raise her very few get a chance to step back in time like this.
by David Farrow on 3/19/2009 Why not raise her, the Mary Rose was raised here in the UK and the crews remains where appropiately given a final resting place on land. After all does not the old saying goes " a drowned saliors soul does not rest untill it makes land". The historical information on her is too precious to be left forever on the seabed.
by JimKennard on 3/21/2009 The Ontario is the property of the British Admiralty. It has been decided by them to leave the ship there and not to remove any possible artifacts on the deck. To raise and preserve this ship would cost many millions of $$$. And there is no 100% guarentee that over time that the ship would not decay, but only slower. We believe that with the amount of video collected that shipwreck historians will have good information as to the details of this ship. A made for TV documentary is in the works now and is expected to be completed for viewing in the Fall of 2009, so everyone will be able to share in the details of HMS Ontario.
by JimKennard on 3/21/2009 HMS ONTARIO - Legend of the Lake - Discovery Edition - NEW book - NOW AVAILABLE Just released is the update book with new chapters and revised infomation that contains many never seen before underwater images of the Ontario along with new paintings and sketches of the shipwreck above and below water. For details of the book and to order a personalize copy from one of the discoverers of HMS Ontario. Go to our website: www.shipwreckworld.com
by I like Treasure on 4/9/2010 can you give me the L&L i would like to go to the site pay my respect........ lol very cool guys i look foward to reading your book
by Stevie on 2/6/2016 I love this

by Kip on 6/14/2008

You guys are amazing and this is the find of the new millenium

by Kyle-in-PA on 6/14/2008

Wow!

by Brandy on 6/15/2008

WOW! What an awesome find. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful piece of history.

by MRK on 6/15/2008

Fantastic!

by Amin in TO on 6/15/2008

That looks awesome. What a great look at the past. Keep up the good work. Any interesting treasure found? Also, any plans on surfacing the ship, if possible?? Thanks for the history lesson.

by JeffW-Htos1 on 6/16/2008

Cool video! Thanks.

by Tony T on 6/16/2008

What a fantastic bit of underwater footage and for sure the find of the modern age.

by moshe on 6/16/2008

Edmund Fitztgerald chilling footage but great

by Rich W on 6/16/2008

Absolutly amazing, great job guys. I hope it can be raised and Great britan does not try to stand in the way.

by Steve H on 6/16/2008

Great find and awesome footage but why is the video dated 08.06.08? (8 June 2008)

by AJ on 6/16/2008

As a retired Sailor, I hope the men rest in peace. And thanks to you gentlemen, the men now have a burial site and their ship: a resting place. Keep up the GREAT work.

by Brims on 6/17/2008

What a terrific find! I read elsewhere that there are no plans to raise it. I'm glad to hear that. Keep up the great work.

by tomcat the barber on 6/28/2008

thank you, for a great find of history,and for the future !!!!!!!!!

by anonymous on 7/15/2008

raise her!

by elder master on 12/13/2008

This beautiful footage shows us some great detail considering the ship has been 228 years below the surface. Stunning and remarkable...good jod

by anonymous on 12/14/2008

It's a grave site ... leave it be

by T on 12/14/2008

The level of preservation is amazing. Truly a fantastic find.

by johnd on 12/14/2008

I agree this gravesite should be left undisturbed, it has been documented very well

by Johnnywad on 12/14/2008

I live 3 blocks from the Welland Ship Canal near Bridge 21 in Port Colborne.I remember well, the Fitzgerald pssing through the locks,time and again.A tragic end to a great crew,and a fantastic lady.May "She" and the boys,find the rest they are due.My deepest condolences to all families,friends as well as the people who knew and loved them. Twenty nine prayers,for twenty nine lives.

by Compaqxl590 on 12/14/2008

i know this is a grave site and i understand that but with the age of she ship and the condition of the site i think i would raise her.. this is a step right in to the past that will never be seen again. i belive i would raise her very few get a chance to step back in time like this.

by David Farrow on 3/19/2009

Why not raise her, the Mary Rose was raised here in the UK and the crews remains where appropiately given a final resting place on land. After all does not the old saying goes " a drowned saliors soul does not rest untill it makes land". The historical information on her is too precious to be left forever on the seabed.

by JimKennard on 3/21/2009

The Ontario is the property of the British Admiralty. It has been decided by them to leave the ship there and not to remove any possible artifacts on the deck. To raise and preserve this ship would cost many millions of $$$. And there is no 100% guarentee that over time that the ship would not decay, but only slower. We believe that with the amount of video collected that shipwreck historians will have good information as to the details of this ship. A made for TV documentary is in the works now and is expected to be completed for viewing in the Fall of 2009, so everyone will be able to share in the details of HMS Ontario.

by JimKennard on 3/21/2009

HMS ONTARIO - Legend of the Lake - Discovery Edition - NEW book - NOW AVAILABLE
Just released is the update book with new chapters and revised infomation that contains many never seen before underwater images of the Ontario along with new paintings and sketches of the shipwreck above and below water. For details of the book and to order a personalize copy from one of the discoverers of HMS Ontario. Go to our website: www.shipwreckworld.com

by I like Treasure on 4/9/2010

can you give me the L&L i would like to go to the site pay my respect........

lol very cool guys i look foward to reading your book

by Stevie on 2/6/2016

I love this

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