Site Description
- Tug Fishing
- 75ffw 22m
- 70ft Length
- Port Dover, Lake Erie
- N 42 42.140 W 080 02.068
- 1911 Launched Collingwood ON 68 x 16
- 1914 Owner JA MacDonald, Wilma Fish Co. Ltd
- 1917 Rebuild 75x16x8
- 1934 Ownership Transfer MacGraw MacDonald Wilma Fish Co. Ltd.
- 1938 Holed by Ice and sunk Lake Erie
Cautions: Fishing nets on wreck
Location: 122ºT 10 miles off Port Dover, Ontario
Coordinates: Loran: GPS:42 42.150 80 02.068
Official #: 130236
Lies: bow northwest Depth: 75 feet
Type: tug Cargo: fish
Power: steam engine
Owner(s) Wilma Fish Company of Port Dover, Ontario
Built: 1911 at Collingwood, Ontario
Dimensions: 67.9’ x 16’ x 6.7’ Tonnage: 42 gross 20 net
Date of Loss: Tuesday, April 14, 1936
Cause of Loss: cut by ice
This tug sank April 14, 1936 ,when ice punched out a plank near the boiler on the starboard side. The hull is made of wood and it is usually buoyed with a marker. Sitting upright in 75 feet of water, the Wilma is a popular dive site out of Port Dover. The main features of the wreck are the stack that lays along the port side, the boiler, and the forward hatch with a ladder leading below. Care should be taken due to the fish net around the wreck.
