&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tobermory,_Ontario_DSC_0052_(5843866983).jpg) The wreck of the Sweepstakes in Lake Huron
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Sweepstakes |
| Builder | Melancthon Simpson |
| In service | 1867 |
| Fate | Sank at Big Tub Harbour in September 1885 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 218 GRT |
| Length | 119 ft (36 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Sweepstakes (also known as Sweeps) was a Canadian schooner built in Burlington, Ontario, in 1867. It was damaged off Cove Island, then towed to Big Tub Harbour in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, where it sank in September 1885. The remains of Sweepstakes lie in Big Tub Harbour, in the Fathom Five National Marine Park, in Tobermory, Ontario.[2] The schooner is said to be one of the most popular of several wrecks in the park, and it is often visited by tour boat passengers, divers, and snorkelers.[3]
- ^ Rick Salen, The Tobermory Shipwrecks (Tobermory: The Mariner Chart Shop, 1985), 23.
- ^ Tobermory Chamber of Commerce, “Tobermory Visitor Information Centre: Shipwrecks”. Black Wolf Technical Solutions.
- ^ Fathom "Five National Marine Park of Canada". Parks Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2015.