Location:	Amherst Island	Official Name:	The Cornwall
GPS:	N44.08.18 W76.37.15	Material:	Wood
Access:	Boat	Propulsion:	Steam
Level:	Advanced	Type:	Side Wheeler
Depth:	70'	Built:	1855, Gilbert & Co, Montreal
Bottom:	-	Sunked:	1931
Current:	Low	Cargo:	General freight, passengers
Hazards:	Depth	Dimensions:	176'
Traffic:	Low	Position:	Upright

The Cornwall **

Launched as the "Kingston" at Montreal in 1854, she was one of the finest Canadian steamboats of her day on the Upper St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario. In 1872, she was gutted by fire while off Grenadier Island in the St. Lawrence River. Rebuilt as the Bavarian, she again burned in the fall of 1873. The iron hull, rebuilt yet again, in Power's shipyard at Kingston, was this time christened "Algerian." In 1905, she was renamed Cornwall**.

Near the end of 1911, she was purchased by the Calvin Company of Garden Island, opposite Kingston. She was converted to a well-equipped rescue vessel and used until around 1925. In the early 1930's, during a snowstorm, the stripped Cornwall was scuttled near Amherst Island close to the graveyard where she remained until being discovered by Rick Neilson in 1989.

There is still much to see on this wreck. The boilers and some steam pipes are still present; wooden barrels are scattered about; the windlass is still attached to the bow section; and there is even a bed still there. Most importantly, both feathering paddle wheels are intact.