WATERFRONT DIVING CENTER 214 Battery Street Burlington Vermont 05401 Professional Diving Instruction, Gear and Adventure |
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Lake ChamplainLake Champlain Underwater Historic Preserve System Seasonal registration required. Please be sure to register at area dive shops, local charter captains, the Burlington Community Boat House, Westport Marina (NY) or at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum which also offers online registration . The OJ Walker and the Water Witch requires seperate "sensitive site" registration (available at the previously mentioned locations) and a reserved time slot, managed through the Burlington Community Boathouse Wreck site marked by Yellow mooring Buoy. |
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Vermont Underwater Preserve |
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| Wreck image indicates available sidescan image |
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| 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 | |
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 | |
OJ Walker
 | Burlington Bay | 44 28.7' 73 14.4' | 60 | mostly intact Sensitive site registration please | |
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 | |
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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. Sensitive site registration please | |
New York Underwater Preserve |
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| Champlain II | Westport - n 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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