Lake Champlain
Underwater Historic Preserve System
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Wreck site marked by Yellow mooring Buoy.
| WRECK image indicates available sidescan image |
LOCATION click link for chart |
LAT LON |
DEPTH FFW | COMMENTS |
| Phoenix | North Face of Colchester Shoal | 44 33.3' 73 20.1' |
60 to 110 | 146' x 27' 1814 sidewheel steamer, sunk 1819 burned to the waterline, only hull remains. Read history... |
Horse Powered Ferry |
Burlington Bay - 1100 meters NW of North Point of Breakwater | 44 29.1' 73 14.6' |
45 | 63' x 23', very fragile wreck, only known example of horse driven (turntable) ferry. Read history... |
OJ Walker |
Burlington Bay | 44 28.7' 73 14.4' |
60 | Mostly intact. Read history... |
General Butler |
Burlington Harbor Breakwater - South Edge, West Side | 44 28.3' 73 13.7' |
40 | 88' x 14' 1862 sailing canal boat - sunk 1876, mostly intact. Read history... |
Coal Barge |
North of Proctor Shoal (off Shelburne Pt) | 44 27.2' 73 14.7' |
60 to 80 | 90' x 14' 1800's canal barge, presumed to be the A.R. Noyes. Silty bottom. Read history... |
| Tugboat U.S. La Vallee | At the mouth of Shelburne Bay |
44 26’ 28.38”N 73 14’ 12.598”W |
100 |
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| Sloop Island Canal Boat | ¼ mile north of Sloop Island | 44 18/78 73 18.492' |
90 | 97' long, 17 ½' wide standard canal boat, cargo coal. Name unknown est sinking 1915. Read history... |
| Stone Boat | Southeast of Diamond Island | 44 14.1 73 20.0' |
12 to 23 | 93' x 14'. Canal boat carrying quarried stone. Currents may be strong. Read history... |
| Water Witch | 1000 ft south of Diamond Island | 44 13.93' 73 20.13' |
90 | 83' x 18'. Steamboat converted to sail. Built 1832 sank April 26 1866 while carrying iron ore. Currents may be strong. Read history... |
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New York Underwater Preserve
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| Champlain II | Westport - North of Rock Harbor | 44 12.36' 73 22.58' |
15 to 35 | 258' x 35' 1868 sidewheel steamer originally named the Oakes Ames - renamed 1874 - ran aground 1875. Approx 160 ft of the hull remains, mostly debris. Read history... |
