Lake Ontario was once an important gateway between the Atlantic Ocean and the rest of the Great Lakes. As a result, it has a few dozen shipwrecks below its surface, many dating to the 1700s and 1800s.

Oswego — On Nov. 6, 1803, the Washington, a Canadian commercial ship, departed the port of Kingston to cross Lake Ontario and return to its home port in Niagara. The five men on board, three crew ...

Roughly 6,000 ships have wrecked on the Great Lakes, with about 1,500 occurring in Michigan waters. The deadliest early spring shipwreck on Lake Erie was the Anthony Wayne in 1850, resulting in up to ...

The state is hiring an organization to develop extended reality exhibits around some of the shipwrecks in the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. Lake Ontario shipwrecks could get the 'extended ...