Event
Discovery of an Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - Event Starts at 6:30 PM
"Discovery of an Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner"
Underwater explorers Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville will talk about the challenges of searching for shipwrecks. Their presentation, "Discovery of an Early 19th Century Lake Ontario Schooner," chronicles the discovery of the s Milan, the oldest commercial vessel found in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The Milan, a schooner built in 1845, was carrying 1000 barrels of Onondaga salt from Oswego to Cleveland when it sank near Oak Orchard in 1849. A crew of nine and their Newfoundland dog were on board the ship.
Location Details:Pultneyville Historical Society
Wednesday, November 5th at 6:30 PM
at the Dutch Reformed Church in Pultneyville, NY
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.