Resting places of the pioneer craft: Ship abandonment at Kingston, Canada

Abstract

A remarkable number and variety of abandoned ships and ship graveyards are found in Lake Ontario at Kingston, Canada, encompassing 90 vessels that span 200 years of deposition. Collectively, these important sites have attracted historical and archaeological interest for over 100 years. This paper summarizes previous vessel abandonment studies at Kingston and examines ship abandonment on a local scale from a sizeable and fascinating Great Lakes shipwreck assemblage.