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Vermont Underwater Preserve |
WRECK
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LOCATION
|
LAT
LON |
DEPTH FFW |
COMMENTS |
| Phoenix |
North Face of Colchester Shoal |
44 33.3'
73 20.1' |
60 to 110 |
146' x 27' 1814 sidewheel steamer, sunk 1819 burned to the waterline, only hull remains.
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Horse Powered Ferry
|
Burlington Bay - 1100 meters NW of North Point of Breakwater |
44 29.1'
73 14.6' |
45 |
63' x 23', very fragile wreck, only known example of horse driven (turntable) ferry.
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OJ Walker
|
Burlington Bay |
44 28.7'
73 14.4' |
60 |
Mostly intact.
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General Butler
|
Burlington Harbor Breakwater - South Edge, West Side |
44 28.3'
73 13.7' |
40 |
88' x 14' 1862 sailing canal boat - sunk 1876, mostly intact.
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Coal Barge
|
North of Proctor Shoal (off Shelburne Pt) |
44 27.2'
73 14.7' | 60 to 80 |
90' x 14' 1800's canal barge, presumed to be the A.R. Noyes. Silty bottom.
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Sloop Island Canal Boat
|
¼ mile north of Sloop Island |
44 18/78
73 18.492' |
90 |
97' long, 17 ½' wide standard canal boat, cargo coal. Name unknown est sinking 1915.
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| Stone Boat |
Southeast of Diamond Island |
44 14.1
73 20.0' |
12 to 23 |
93' x 14'. Canal boat carrying quarried stone. Currents may be strong.
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| Water Witch |
1000 ft south of Diamond Island |
44 13.93'
73 20.13' |
90 |
83' x 18'. Steamboat converted to sail. Built 1832 sank April 26 1866 while carrying iron ore. Currents may be strong.
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New York Underwater Preserve |
| Champlain II |
Westport - North of Rock Harbor |
44 12.36'
73 22.58' |
15 to 35 |
258' x 35' 1868 sidewheel steamer originally named the Oakes Ames - renamed 1874 - ran aground 1875. Approx 160 ft of the hull remains, mostly debris.
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