The Norwegian collier SS Storstad ran into her in the St. Lawrence River's dense fog. More than a thousand people perished as the ship sank in a matter of minutes. As a result of the more well-known sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania, the "Forgotten Empress" has been mostly forgotten. <
I have a photo of the "Eclair", a paddle wheel, steam boat that traveled on the St Lawrence delivering mail and passengers until 1
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
Gordon Kent Bellrichards?
Does any of you friends know the exact position of shipwrecks in Costa Rica.?
Could you please give a little more information on the Schooner Milan? I'd like to know a general area that it is located.
Looking for Info on Ship Sunk May 30, 1853 near Quebec City?
Eugene Lawson survived a storm and hung onto his wrecked boat near Pelee Island
Do you have any information about a Great Lakes shipbuilder and Capt. named George S. Weeks sometimes called G S Weeks?
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.