New book on Kingston Shipwrecks...

Jonathan Moore, a leading authority on the War of 1812 Shipwrecks that lie in Kingston's waters, launched his new booklet at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes yesterday. Priced very competitively at C$ 7-95, and available from the publishers, the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation at 611 Princess St, the richly illustrated booklet summarizes current knowledge on the historic wrecks concerned.

SOS Launches Marine Heritage Database..

Word has been received from Save Ontario Shipwrecks that the main portion of their Marine Heritage Database, created in the mid 1990s, is now on line. It consists of about 28,000 records from 25 sources. You can access it through the SOS home page, 3rd button on the left named DATABASE. Originally, this DB was designed to run as a stand-alone resource on a PC as part of a museum exhibit. Photos where ported to the SOS website a few years ago and are under the PHOTO GALLERY.

It has been asked that you note that the database is cross reference only and intended to provide rapid access to the 25 sources. Any research credit should be referenced to the original source.

A direct link to the database is available here.