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 ...

Scientists and other researchers at the University of Rhode Island are bringing shipwrecks in Lake Ontario onto land with the new Rhody robot. Rhody is a remote-operated vehicle equipped with cameras ...

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:13:20 GMT — A team of shipwreck hunters say they've found two 19th-century canal boats on the bottom of Lake Ontario, an unusual discovery since such vessels typically weren't used ...

May 20—As the Lake Ontario Marine Sanctuary plan advances, NOAA invites the public to dive into some of the marine heritage of the lake. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ...

Also known as the "witches" of November, they occur between mid-October and mid-December, when storm tracks collide over the ...

SOMERSET — The wreck of a 253-foot British-built steamship that sank off Lake Ontario’s Western New York shore nearly 90 years ago has been found, a team of underwater explorers said Tuesday. Fairport ...

The lake lies between the U.S. and Canada, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. The lake is near Niagara Falls, a popular tourist spot. Lake Ontario may be the only Great Lake not bordering Michigan, ...

The public can join a virtual diving expedition exploring a never-before-seen shipwreck in Lake Ontario. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is hosting the diving expedition online on ...