St. Peter 1898
Marker: recorded wreck position (Steam era).
Key facts
| Name | St. Peter | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1898 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Steam era | derived from year |
| Ship type | schooner | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United States | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | United States | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 43.3117, -77.1311 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
St. Peter is a historic Great Lakes schooner that sank in 1898 in Lake Ontario near Pultneyville in Wayne County, New York.
Diving & visiting
St. Peter′s wreck was discovered in 1971. It sits upright on the bottom of Lake Ontario in 117 feet (36 m) of water northeast of Pultneyville, New York. Its deck and lower hull are intact.
The wreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 2004. It was included within the boundaries of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary when the sanctuary was created on September 6, 2024. It is one of the most accessible shipwrecks for recreational divers in the sanctuary. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has captured photographs of the wreck which it has used to create a three-dimensional photogrammetric model of it.
Location
- Recorded position: 43.3117, -77.1311 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: United States
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article St. Peter (shipwreck) (revision 1373791311), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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