# List of shipwrecks in the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary

The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York. It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites. One of the wrecks is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one is listed as a New York State Submerged Cultural Preserve and Dive Site.
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## Shipwrecks within the sanctuary

| Ship | Ship type | Build date | Sunk date | Depth | Notes | Coordinates | NRHP status |
| American | Wooden schooner | 1870 | 1894 | | The schooner sank on October 1, 1894, off the coast of New York near Stony Point. | 43°50′06″N 76°26′09″W﻿ / ﻿43.83493°N 076.43574°W﻿ / 43.83493; -076.43574﻿ (American) | Not listed |
| Bay State | Wooden screw steamer | 1852 | 1862 | | The screw steamer, a cargo liner, broke up and sank in a storm west of Oswego, New York, on November 5, 1862, with the loss of all on board. (Various sources place the sinking on November 2.) A lifeboat, wreckage, and cargo from the ship washed ashore at Fair Haven, New York. | 43°30′06″N 76°32′05″W﻿ / ﻿43.50153°N 076.53476°W﻿ / 43.50153; -076.53476﻿ (Bay State) | Not listed |
| David W. Mills | Bulk carrier | 1874 | 1919 | 16 to 20 feet (4.9 to 6.1 m) | The steam barge ran hard aground on Ford Shoal 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Oswego, New York, on August 11, 1919, when smoke from forest fires obscured Oswego Lighthouse. The wreck subsequently broke up in a violent storm and sank. It is listed as a New York State Submerged Cultural Preserve and Dive Site. | 43°26.555′N 076°35.094′W﻿ / ﻿43.442583°N 76.584900°W﻿ / 43.442583; -76.584900﻿ (David W. Mills) | Not listed |
| Ellsworth | Wooden steam barge | 1869 | 1877 | 21 feet (6.4 m) | The schooner-rigged steam barge burned and sank on Juy 10, 1877, off off the southeast point of Stony Island off the coast of New York. A partially successful salvage effort in 1879 resulted in the wreck breaking up. | 43°50′06″N 76°26′09″W﻿ / ﻿43.83493°N 076.43574°W﻿ / 43.83493; -076.43574﻿ (American) | Not listed |
| Hartford | Wooden schooner | 1873 | 1894 | 40 feet (12 m) | The three-masted schooner encountered a storm on October 12, 1894, and anchored in Mexico Bay off the coast of New York near Oswego, but broke up and sank with the loss of all on board. | | Not listed |
| Queen of the Lake | Wooden scow schooner | 1853 | 1906 | | The Canadian scow schooner encountered severe weather off the coast of New York about 10 miles (16 km) from Sodus Point and sank on November 1, 1906. | 43°17′44″N 76°58′07″W﻿ / ﻿43.2955°N 076.9687°W﻿ / 43.2955; -076.9687﻿ (Queen of the Lakes) | Not listed |
| St. Peter | Wooden schooner | 1873 | 1898 | 117 feet (36 m) | On October 27, 1898, the 135.7-foot (41.4 m) three-masted schooner sank in a storm off Bear Creek on the coast of New York, just west of Sodus Bay and northeast of Pultneyville, New York. | 43°18′42″N 077°07′52″W﻿ / ﻿43.31167°N 77.13111°W﻿ / 43.31167; -77.13111﻿ (St. Peter) | Listed |
| Three Brothers | Wooden schooner | 1827 | 1833 | | The daggerboard schooner disappeared in a storm after departing Oswego, New York, on November 12, 1833, bound for Pultneyville, New York. Her wreck was discovered in 2014 off the coast of New York off Nine Mile Point. | 43°31′18″N 76°34′20″W﻿ / ﻿43.52178°N 076.57229°W﻿ / 43.52178; -076.57229﻿ (Three Brothers) | Not listed |
| Washington (also Lady Washington) | Wooden sloop | 1797 | 1803 | | On November 6, 1803, the Canadian sloop departed Niagara, Ontario, bound for Kingston, Ontario. She disappeared in a severe storm with the loss of all on board. Wreckage from Washington washed up on the coast of New York near Oswego on November 7. Her wreck, discovered near Oswego in June 2016, is the earliest known shipwreck in the sanctuary. | 43°26′11″N 76°42′19″W﻿ / ﻿43.43638°N 076.70535°W﻿ / 43.43638; -076.70535﻿ (Washington) | Not listed |