Lillie Parsons

History

United States
Name	Lillie Parsons
Launched	14 September 1868
Fate	Sank, 5 August 1877
General characteristics
Type	Great Lakes centreboard schooner^[2]
Tons burthen	276 tons^[1]
Length	131 ft (40 m)^[1]
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)^[1]
Depth of hold	10 ft (3.0 m)^[2]
Sail plan	Fore-and-aft rig^[2]
Capacity	500 long tons (508 t)^[2]
Crew	6^[2]

The Lillie Parsons was an American two-masted schooner which sank in the Saint Lawrence Seaway near Brockville, Ontario, Canada, in 1877.

The ship was launched on September 14, 1868, in Tonawanda, New York. On August 5, 1877, she hit a rock, took on water and sank after her cargo shifted during a squall.^[2]

The wreck was discovered on August 6, 1963, by three members of the local diving club,^[3] complete with 500 tons of coal on board. She rests at a depth of about 65 feet (20 m), off the shore of Sparrow Island.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lillie Parsons". Roy Letts Photography. 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wrecks - Lillie Parsons". northerntechdiver.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
^ "Lillie Parsons". saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca. 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.