New York explorers find 1862 shipwreck in Lake Ontario
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A team of shipwreck explorers has discovered a mid-19th century sunken steamship, believed to be the oldest of its kind ever found in Lake Ontario, one of its members said on Tuesday.
Jim Kennard and Roger Pawlowski found the wreck off the lake's southern shore in upstate New York in August after months of fruitless exploring using a sonar system.
"We were thrilled," said Kennard, a diver and lake shipwreck expert. "It had been a really bad season for us because of wind and waves and then long hours on the lake and finding nothing."
Kennard and his partner first spotted the ship when they passed over it in their own vessel while scanning the lake, which reaches depths of 800 feet (74 meters).
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feet deep, about 155 miles west of Albany, NY. The early steamship carrying general cargo was destined for Ohio.
MSN/AP, 'Shipwreck Hunters Find Wreck of Steamer Lost in 1862 Storm', Oct. 20, 2015.
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