Mystery In The Lake
Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville have located yet another shipwreck in Lake Ontario. This time it is an amazingly preserved wreck of a “dagger-board” schooner, thought to be about 200 years old. The problem is that there is no record of such a ship sinking in the lake.
Rochester, New York – A rare dagger-board schooner has been discovered in very deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Oak Orchard, New York. Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville, shipwreck enthusiasts, located the schooner using deep towed side scan sonar equipment. Sailing vessels of this type were in use on the lakes for only a short period of time beginning in the very early 1800’s. This ship is the only dagger-board schooner known to have been found in the Great Lakes.
I last posted about Kennard and Scoville when they located the remains of HMS Ontario last June. These are two dedicated shipwreck hunters. They are calling for any help the public can give in trying to identify the ship.
Kennard and Scoville were kind enough to post a YouTube video of this ship:
By Sylvia, December 15, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
Very cool. Thanks, Gaius!