Seven Acre Shoal is a navigational hazard at the east end of Lake Ontario, north of Snake Island, and 9 miles (14 km) west of Kingston, Ontario.[1]
During the War of 1812 the small Upper Canada government schooner Governor Simcoe was able to evade capture by sailing over the shoal, where a pursuing squadron of larger American vessels were too deep to follow.[2]
However she was sunk by a cannon salvo prior to entering Kingston's harbour.
The lake freighter Brulin grounded on the shoal in 1932.[3]
References
edit- ^ "The Winnipeg Tribune". Winnipeg. 4 October 1932. p. 3. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via Newspapers.
Seven Acre shoal Is north of Snake Island, in Lake Ontario, and about nine miles west of Kingston.
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"THE "GOVERNOR SIMCOE" RUNNING THE GAUNTLET". Landsmark of Canada. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
...the British Government schooner "Governor Simcoe," when intercepted by the American fleet, Nov. 10th, 1812, drove his vessel over Seven-Acre Shoal at the entrance to the harbor. The Americans were unable to cross the shallows...
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"Brulin 1924". Tyne built ships. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
16/10/1932: Grounded & holed on Seven Acre Shoal, Lake Ontario. Subsequently refloated, after a cargo lightening operation and repaired.