Located at New shipwreck discoveries hearken back to War of 1812
Posted By JORDAN PRESS WHIG-STANDARD STAFF WRITER
Posted 4 days ago
Locations of three of the wrecks
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Kenn Feigelman and his team of underwater filmmakers planned to spend the summer documenting on film all the known wrecks in the waters around Kingston.
They also hoped to find a new wreck.
They didn't expect to find four old ships, including one that likely hasn't been seen for nearly 200 years, along with a debris field of other ships near the city.
One wreck was previously found
then lost. The wreck, a large hulk sitting on the bottom of the lake, is believed to be HMS Montreal, a Kingstonbuilt ship that was scuttled after the War of 1812, said Feigelman, who runs DeepQuest2 Expeditions.
"This isn't just Kingston history, this is North American history," Feigelman said, referring to the warships his crew stumbled upon.
"We're not saying we found them for the first time, but it's a discovery for sure."
The discoveries, he said, could attract marine archeologists to the region to study the remains. A marine archeologist for Parks Canada told Feigelman's team that there could be six or seven similar wrecks in the same vicinity of the discoveries made this month.
"We don't know where it's going to lead to," Feigelman said. "It can only be good for Kingston."
The location of the find is being kept a secret. Parks Canada will be made aware of the location of the wrecks, but finds of this nature are kept secret to ensure nobody steals from or damages the remains, Feigelman said.
"We don't want people to do souvenir hunting," Feigelman said.
This part of the Great Lakes is a massive underwater graveyard for shipwrecks from the past. The number of boats that have disappeared between Kingston and Prince Edward County is similar in nature to the infamous Bermuda Triangle and its strange habit of swallowing boats and planes.
The local triangle is known as the Marysburgh Vortex.
There are estimated to be 450 wrecks in the vortex, with about 80 shipwrecks known to exist in the area from Kingston to Prince Edward County. They include a passenger freight ship called the Comet, the George A. Marsh, a three-masted schooner with the wheel still intact, and a series of wrecks by Amherst Island that includes two old steamers and a paddle-wheel boat.
"Our mandate this year was to record and document ... some of the known wrecks in the area," Feigelman said yesterday.
"We haven't had a chance to."
Among these ships are several from the War of 1812, some of which researchers have been seeking for years. Feigelman said the large ship found this month is believed to be HMS Montreal
Kenn Feigelman and his team of underwater filmmakers planned to spend the summer documenting on film all the known wrecks in the waters around Kingston.
They also hoped to find a new wreck.
They didn't expect to find four old ships, including one that likely hasn't been seen for nearly 200 years, along with a debris field of other ships near the city.
One wreck was previously found
then lost. The wreck, a large hulk sitting on the bottom of the lake, is believed to be HMS Montreal, a Kingstonbuilt ship that was scuttled after the War of 1812, said Feigelman, who runs DeepQuest2 Expeditions.
"This isn't just Kingston history, this is North American history," Feigelman said, referring to the warships his crew stumbled upon.
"We're not saying we found them for the first time, but it's a discovery for sure."
The discoveries, he said, could attract marine archeologists to the region to study the remains. A marine archeologist for Parks Canada told Feigelman's team that there could be six or seven similar wrecks in the same vicinity of the discoveries made this month.
"We don't know where it's going to lead to," Feigelman said. "It can only be good for Kingston."
The location of the find is being kept a secret. Parks Canada will be made aware of the location of the wrecks, but finds of this nature are kept secret to ensure nobody steals from or damages the remains, Feigelman said.
"We don't want people to do souvenir hunting," Feigelman said.
This part of the Great Lakes is a massive underwater graveyard for shipwrecks from the past. The number of boats that have disappeared between Kingston and Prince Edward County is similar in nature to the infamous Bermuda Triangle and its strange habit of swallowing boats and planes.
The local triangle is known as the Marysburgh Vortex.
There are estimated to be 450 wrecks in the vortex, with about 80 shipwrecks known to exist in the area from Kingston to Prince Edward County. They include a passenger freight ship called the Comet, the George A. Marsh, a three-masted schooner with the wheel still intact, and a series of wrecks by Amherst Island that includes two old steamers and a paddle-wheel boat.
"Our mandate this year was to record and document ... some of the known wrecks in the area," Feigelman said yesterday.
"We haven't had a chance to."
Among these ships are several from the War of 1812, some of which researchers have been seeking for years. Feigelman said the large ship found this month is believed to be HMS Montreal
Posted By JORDAN PRESS WHIG-STANDARD STAFF WRITER
Posted 4 days ago
Locations of three of the wrecks
N44 13 58 W76 27 91 N44 13 92 W76 27 10 N44 13 17 W76 29 39
Kenn Feigelman and his team of underwater filmmakers planned to spend the summer documenting on film all the known wrecks in the waters around Kingston.
They also hoped to find a new wreck.
They didn't expect to find four old ships, including one that likely hasn't been seen for nearly 200 years, along with a debris field of other ships near the city.
One wreck was previously found
then lost. The wreck, a large hulk sitting on the bottom of the lake, is believed to be HMS Montreal, a Kingstonbuilt ship that was scuttled after the War of 1812, said Feigelman, who runs DeepQuest2 Expeditions.
"This isn't just Kingston history, this is North American history," Feigelman said, referring to the warships his crew stumbled upon.
"We're not saying we found them for the first time, but it's a discovery for sure."
The discoveries, he said, could attract marine archeologists to the region to study the remains. A marine archeologist for Parks Canada told Feigelman's team that there could be six or seven similar wrecks in the same vicinity of the discoveries made this month.
"We don't know where it's going to lead to," Feigelman said. "It can only be good for Kingston."
The location of the find is being kept a secret. Parks Canada will be made aware of the location of the wrecks, but finds of this nature are kept secret to ensure nobody steals from or damages the remains, Feigelman said.
"We don't want people to do souvenir hunting," Feigelman said.
This part of the Great Lakes is a massive underwater graveyard for shipwrecks from the past. The number of boats that have disappeared between Kingston and Prince Edward County is similar in nature to the infamous Bermuda Triangle and its strange habit of swallowing boats and planes.
The local triangle is known as the Marysburgh Vortex.
There are estimated to be 450 wrecks in the vortex, with about 80 shipwrecks known to exist in the area from Kingston to Prince Edward County. They include a passenger freight ship called the Comet, the George A. Marsh, a three-masted schooner with the wheel still intact, and a series of wrecks by Amherst Island that includes two old steamers and a paddle-wheel boat.
"Our mandate this year was to record and document ... some of the known wrecks in the area," Feigelman said yesterday.
"We haven't had a chance to."
Among these ships are several from the War of 1812, some of which researchers have been seeking for years. Feigelman said the large ship found this month is believed to be HMS Montreal
Kenn Feigelman and his team of underwater filmmakers planned to spend the summer documenting on film all the known wrecks in the waters around Kingston.
They also hoped to find a new wreck.
They didn't expect to find four old ships, including one that likely hasn't been seen for nearly 200 years, along with a debris field of other ships near the city.
One wreck was previously found
then lost. The wreck, a large hulk sitting on the bottom of the lake, is believed to be HMS Montreal, a Kingstonbuilt ship that was scuttled after the War of 1812, said Feigelman, who runs DeepQuest2 Expeditions.
"This isn't just Kingston history, this is North American history," Feigelman said, referring to the warships his crew stumbled upon.
"We're not saying we found them for the first time, but it's a discovery for sure."
The discoveries, he said, could attract marine archeologists to the region to study the remains. A marine archeologist for Parks Canada told Feigelman's team that there could be six or seven similar wrecks in the same vicinity of the discoveries made this month.
"We don't know where it's going to lead to," Feigelman said. "It can only be good for Kingston."
The location of the find is being kept a secret. Parks Canada will be made aware of the location of the wrecks, but finds of this nature are kept secret to ensure nobody steals from or damages the remains, Feigelman said.
"We don't want people to do souvenir hunting," Feigelman said.
This part of the Great Lakes is a massive underwater graveyard for shipwrecks from the past. The number of boats that have disappeared between Kingston and Prince Edward County is similar in nature to the infamous Bermuda Triangle and its strange habit of swallowing boats and planes.
The local triangle is known as the Marysburgh Vortex.
There are estimated to be 450 wrecks in the vortex, with about 80 shipwrecks known to exist in the area from Kingston to Prince Edward County. They include a passenger freight ship called the Comet, the George A. Marsh, a three-masted schooner with the wheel still intact, and a series of wrecks by Amherst Island that includes two old steamers and a paddle-wheel boat.
"Our mandate this year was to record and document ... some of the known wrecks in the area," Feigelman said yesterday.
"We haven't had a chance to."
Among these ships are several from the War of 1812, some of which researchers have been seeking for years. Feigelman said the large ship found this month is believed to be HMS Montreal
