Residents of Erieau, Ont., are accustomed to bits of wood washing up on their shore, but not ones that are more than 10 metres long and weigh as much as four tonnes.

Lake Michigan accounted for 26.5% of all shipwrecks, closely followed by Lake Huron at 26.1% and Lake Erie at 23.8%. Lake Ontario saw 12%, while Lake Superior had 11.5%. Storms may not whip up the ...

It was carrying wheat and heading for Owen Sound, Ontario, the shipwreck society said in a ... also made its way across Lake Superior that day. There was dense fog, and by night, a storm broke ...

Even its name is lake-derived from the eponymous Lake Ontario, an adaptation of a word ... where two dozen shipwrecks pique curiosity for the SCUBA-certified. For the uninitiated, those same ...