The Thing is - PLOUGHBOY

Schooner
70ft 32m
undisclosed depth
6 Town Point, NY
Lake Ontario
GPS not disclosed

The schooner PLOW BOY was built in 1816 in Genesee, New York. It was a wooden vessel with one deck and two masts. The schooner had a tonnage of 31, according to the old measurement style.

In 1816, the PLOW BOY was first enrolled in Oswego, New York. However, on April 27, 1821, it was re-enrolled in Genesee, New York, with updated dimensions of 58 feet in length, 16 feet in width, and a depth of 3 feet 7 inches. The vessel’s tonnage was recorded as 29 25/95 tons.

Tragedy struck the PLOW BOY on December 15, 1822, when it was wrecked near Six Town Point on Lake Ontario. The shipwreck was reported in the Ontario Repository, a newspaper in Canandaigua, New York. The schooner, under the command of Captain Eadus and belonging to Mr. E. L. Clark, was transporting a cargo of salt from Oswego to the Bay of Quinte. Unfortunately, the vessel and its entire cargo were lost in the wreck. However, it was reported that the crew managed to be saved from the incident.

The details provided are based on the historical records available, particularly from the Ontario Repository and the contributed information by Richard Palmer. Please note that there may be additional information or alternative accounts not mentioned here.

Found by Art Trembanis and his team from the University of Delaware in 2021 while testing equipment in Lake Ontario.