List of shipwrecks of Canada
This is a list of shipwrecks located in or off the coast of Canada.
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
Bruce | 1875 | A wooden rear paddle wheeler steamership that caught fire in front of the Rideau Canal in the Ottawa River and sank in Ottawa. It was relocated under the Rideau Canoe Club wharf at the beginning of the 1980s. Only the hull can be seen. | ||
Conestoga | 22 May 1922 | A wooden cargo ship that caught fire and sank off Cardinal. | ||
Eastcliffe Hall | 14 July 1970 | A bulk carrier that sank in the Saint Lawrence River near Morrisburg. | ||
Glen Isle | 1930 | A schooner that caught fire and sank off Kettle Island, opposite Gatineau. | ||
Ivy | 1890 | A paddle sidewheeler that caught fire, exploded and sunk at dock in Gatineau. | ||
Jean Richard | 1987 | A wooden schooner, formerly Ville de Vanier, that was abandoned. | ||
John B. King | 1930 | A drill-boat containing dynamite which was struck by lightning, resulting in an explosion which killed thirty people. | ||
Lillie Parsons | 5 August 1877 | A schooner that hit rocks and sank near Brockville. | ||
Mary Ward | 24 November 1872 | A steamboat wrecked on a reef near Collingwood. | ||
HMS Nancy | 14 August 1814 | A schooner that was scuttled in the Nottawasaga River to prevent capture, during the War of 1812. | ||
Princess Louise | 1883 | Wrecked in the Flood of 1883, London, Ontario. | ||
Maggie Bell | 1874 | The wooden paddle steamer sank in Ottawa | ||
Mansfield | 1896 | The steamer caught fire and sank in Ottawa | ||
Minnie | 1930 | The barge leaked and sank in Ottawa at the West exit of the 8 locks of the Rideau Canal, near Parliament Hill | ||
Sand scow | 6 August 1918 | Stranded on the Canadian side of Niagara River above Horseshoe Falls. | ||
Otter | 1870 | The tugboat caught fire and sank in Ottawa at the West exit of the 8 locks of the Rideau Canal, near Parliament Hill | ||
Quinte Queen | 1920 | A wooden steamership, formerly 'Salaberry', that leaked and sank in Ottawa. | ||
R.R. Foster | 1948 | A ship that leaked and sank in Ottawa. | ||
Resolute | 1890 | The tugboat caught fire and sank in Ottawa | ||
William King | 1841 | A paddle wheeler that was abandoned and sank in Ottawa. | ||
Victoria | 1881 | A ferry that capsized and sank near London, Ontario, with the loss of 181 lives. |