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SUNKEN TRASURE SHIP NEAR BY? by Treasure Hunter	6/15/2008 at 08:23

Please read this and let me know what you know...Thanks. The ship was a few hours into a voyage from Fort Niagara on Oct. 31, 1780, when it foundered in a sudden, violent storm. There were no survivors. Built at Carleton Island, where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence, it was launched the previous May and may never have fired its guns in anger. It spent the summer ferrying troops and supplies around the lake. Its captain, James Andrews, was also commodore of the lake squadron of ships. Legend had it that the Ontario was carrying a small fortune in gold as a year’s pay for the British garrison at Fort Haldimand on Carleton Island. Kennard scoffs at this. "The only money would have been in the pockets of the people on board," he says in a phone interview from Rochester, where both men live. "That’s not the way the garrison’s pay travelled." The ship was also widely believed to have been only about eight kilometres from its first port of call, Oswego, N.Y., when it sank. "We’re not saying exactly where it is," Kennard says. "It’s a British war grave and we want to make sure it remains undisturbed. But it’s nowhere near Oswego." IP: 192.168.0.33

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posted by Easy Money	6/19/2008 at 23:14

Even if its just moeny only from the pockets of the deceased, it would still be a vast coin collection great for any museum or collector (I wouldn’t mind some of those findings). Their would also be gold/silver jewlery. Maybe even unbroken bottles of antique whiskey/rum (yumm)! Maybe other salvageable items, who knows until they look and plunder.

posted by ARGH Matey	6/15/2008 at 14:18

A British warship which sailed its last voyage in the 18th century has been discovered on the bottom of Lake Ontario. The HMS Ontario sank 228 years ago during the war of Independence. The ship sailed from Port Niagara in 1780 and was caught in a terrible storm two hours into the voyage to Oswego New York. There were no survivors. However, legend has it that there is a small fortune/treasure, gold, accompanying it under 60 metres of water. This is the oldest ship wreck found in the Great Lakes. It is predicted that there are over 400 sunken ships on the bottom of the Lakes. A little over 220 have been discovered. Arrrr! A pirates life for me :) It’s awesome knowing a little bit of history accompanying the waters we live by. Who knew?