Shipwreck · Lake Ontario · Foundered
George A. Marsh
A schooner built in 1887, lost on Lake Ontario in 1917. The record: “Sank 8 August 1917.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Schooner
- Completed
- 1887
- Length
- 118 ft (36 m)
- Beam
- 31 ft (9 m)
- Tonnage
- 174.87 GRT
- Fate
- Sank 8 August 1917
- Lake
- Lake Ontario
- Coordinates
- 44.1268° N, 76.6028° W
The story
Read the full history
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Ontario wrecks
- HMS St Lawrence8.1 mi · lost 1832
- HMS Wolfe17 mi · lost 1831
- HMS Speedy24 mi · lost 1804
- St. Peter62 mi · lost 1898
- HMS Ontario98 mi · lost 1780
- SS Nisbet Grammer115 mi · lost 1926
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- East Charity Shoal Light8.7 mi
- Tibbetts Point Light12 mi
- Cape Vincent Light13 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Sackets Harbor27 mi · town
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article George A. Marsh, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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