THE GRAVEYARD OF LAKE ONTARIO
The graveyard of Lake Ontario
The Main Duck is widely known,
For a score of helpless vessels
On its jagged shores have blown.
Duluth to Montreal, Cleveland to the sea,
Veteran mariners spin tragic yarns,
About an island near the Galoos.
Ancient brigs and man-of-wars,
Schooners, barques and frigates
Are derelicts on its shores
Laden freighters, tugs and tows
Have grounded on its shoals,
Held prisoners by rocky tentacles,
Unfreed in their struggling throes.
The Graveyard of Lake Ontario,
A sailor's last Port of Call.
For many a veteran seaman
Arrived not at home in the fall;
Lulled by the wind and the waves,
They sleep in the boundless deep
In a harbour fair, safe port at last.
by Willis Metcalfe


In 1925 an inner harbour cleanup of the Maple fleet, MapleHeath, Mapleglen, Glengarry and a few more was ordered by the City of Kingston and provincial government of Ontario. Many of this wrecks made it out to the Amherst graveyard to rid Kingston of these derelicts, great for the City and even better for the diving public.

Many of these wrecks have long lost their real names and have been given names like Titantic, Glendora, Queenmary to name a few. Only the Cornwall and Mapleglen are identified as of today.