During a dive in 1975 I recovered a porthole from the wreck of the SS Oregon off Long Island NY Does this artifact have value?
Where can I find info about emblems used by shipping companies in the 1800s? I found a copper plaque with a square emblem in the middel and
What is the oldest shipwreck in the great lakes?
Hennepin?
Dear JIm,Do you know of an estimate of the approximate number of lives lost in shipwrecks on Lake Ontario? Just curious susan P G
Whats the largest wreck off long island?
Buckhaven wreck
How many shipwrecks are there in the Great Lakes area?
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.