Oatland Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY LS1716/36--VISIBLE WK LOCATED IN LAT 44-09-02.5N, LONG 76-20-54.3W; POSITION SCALED FROM SURVEY AT 1:20,000. BP99596--1976 LAUNCH COPY; SEARCHED FOR WKS IN THE VICINITY OF CHARTED POSITIONS BUT COULD NOT LOCATE. BP116431--MAINTENANCE COPY OF CANADIAN CH 1421; 1982; WK RELOCATE TO LAT 44-09-03.5N, LONG 76-20-55.5W; POSITION SCALED FROM CH 14768 (1:30,000 SCALE); UNCOVERS 1FT AT CHART DATUM. TP01170/82--REVIEWED, CLASS III; NOT VISIBLE ON PHOTOGRAPHS. (ENT . 3/85 MSM) MAR--8/85, OPR-V276-HFP-85; WK LOCATED IN 10-15 FT, VISIBLE, IN LAT ì 44-09-01.18N, LONG 76-20-56.46W; LD AT CENTER OF 1.5 FT (POLE SOUNDING); ì VESSEL BROKEN UP IN STORM AND LIES IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.ì (REF AWOIS ITEM 3927) (UPDATED MSM 11/85) MAR--11/85, OPR-V276-HFP-85; LEAST DEPTH REVISED TO 1.0 FT IN SAME ì POSITION; LARGEST PIECE OF WK LIES NORTH-SOUTH AND IS 30 FT WIDE X 200 ì FT LONG; NORTH END IS AT LAT 44-09-01.86N, LONG 76-20-57.46W; SOUTH ì END IS AT LAT 44-09-00.05N, LONG 76-20-57.46W (UPDATED MSM 9/86) H10185/85--OPR-V276-HFP-85; REMAINS OF A GRAIN SHIP WHICH SANK IN ì 1931 AND LATER BROKE APART UNDER NATURAL FORCES; BOTH PARTS ARE ì VISIBLE FROM THE SURFACE; LARGER PIECE LIES IN LAT 44-09-00.16N, ì LONG 76-20-55.50W TO LAT 44-09-01.97N, LONG 76-20-57.47W AND BARES ì 1 FT. LWD; REF. ITEM 3927 FOR SMALLER HALF; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED ì CHARTING WRECK AS SHOWN ON SURVEY. (UPDATED MSM 9/88) DESCRIPTION **** WOODEN VESSEL, 37X262 FT; BUILT IN 1884, LAID UP IN 1925, STRIPPED IN ì 1931 AND TOWED TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND SUNK BY CANADIANS; SOURCE: ì HUNT UNDERWATER SPECIALITIES DIVE SHOP, CLAYTON, N.Y. (315) 686-9824. ì (UPDATED MSM 11/85)