Lake Ontario shipwrecks map

Lake Ontario (French: Lac Ontario) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border spans the centre of the lake. On the Canadian side, the major cities are Kingston, Mississauga, Toronto, Hamilton, and St. Catharines. On the American side, the major cities are Rochester and Watertown.

5 wreck positions, coloured by era. Tap a dot for the wreck page. Positions may be approximate; not for navigation.

Quick answers

How many shipwrecks are on this map in Lake Ontario?

5 wrecks with a recorded position, lost between 1780 and 1898.

What is the oldest Lake Ontario wreck on this map?

HMS Ontario, lost in 1780.

All 5 Lake Ontario wrecks

In date order; wrecks with no recorded date are listed last.

• HMS Ontario 1780sixth-rate frigate · Storm or weather · United States
• HMS Speedy 1804schooner · Canada
• St. Peter 1898schooner · United States
• HMS St Lawrence first-rate · Canada
• HMS Wolfe sloop-of-war · United States

Other Great Lakes: Lake Superior (33) · Lake Michigan (45) · Lake Huron (10) · Lake Erie (2). All Great Lakes shipwrecks →

Lake descriptions adapted from the Wikipedia article Lake Ontario (revision 1381046250), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: first paragraph of the lead only, trimmed at sentence boundaries, pronunciation guides removed. No text added.

Wrecks are assigned to a lake from the Wikidata “located in or next to body of water” property where present, otherwise from the wreck position and Natural Earth lake outlines (public domain).