Shipwreck enthusiasts and more can meet Kennard and learn about Lake Ontario’s vast history of shipwrecks at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the H. Lee White Maritime Museum in Oswego.

The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary — which encompasses 1,722 square miles that border Wayne, Cayuga, Oswego and Jefferson counties — was announced earlier this month.

The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary was announced June 5 during the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation’s Capitol Hill Ocean Week. It’s the 16th such designation overall and the third ...

The lake, which Michigan shares with Ontario, Canada, has 3,800 miles of shoreline and the world's largest freshwater island, Manitoulin Island, the National Museum of the Great Lakes notes.

The protected area, which encompasses 1,722 square miles of eastern Lake Ontario, will border Wayne, Cayuga, Oswego and Jefferson counties. The sanctuary encompasses 41 known shipwrecks and one ...

Lake Ontario designation protects underwater relics, including shipwrecks Divers explore the wreck of the St. Peter beneath the waves of Lake Ontario in 2019. Photo provided by NOAA Jun 12, 2024 — ...