Sweepstakes Ship Wreckage
The nearly intact hull of the Sweepstakes is in six meters of water and sits quite close to the surface in the crisp clear water of the harbour. Although deteriorating a little more each year, the Sweepstakes is one of the best preserved nineteenth-century Great Lakes schooners to be found. In 1885 the Sweepstakes hit a rock near Cove Island and sank in shallow water close to the light station. Later she was towed into the harbour but it was found that the Sweepstakes was beyond repair, so she was stripped of all useful rigging and equipment before she sank in her present location. (Tobermory, Ontario, Canada)
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