Diving The Eureka Wreck, Kingston, Lake Ontario.

Eureka wreck near Kingston, Lake Ontario.
The Eureka wreck. The stock of a large anchor can be seen here sitting upright on the port bow. Note the broken bow sprit, which lies partially on the Lake bottom at the starboard bow. 

June 2018.

The Eureka is a 130′ pre-Civil War , double-masted schooner.  The ship foundered on Nov.1, 1883 due to a gale, enroute from Oswego, New York to Kingston with a load of coal .  With luck the captain and six crew managed to escape without loss of life. 

Only a handful of people have seen this wreck since it sank 135 years ago, and these are the first ever published photographs of this beautiful wreck. Needless to say, this is one wreck I’ll never forget dropping down on.

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