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| Location: |
Outside Fathom Five
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Official Name: |
Caroline Rose |
| GPS: |
N 45.14.534 W 081.34.574 |
Material: |
Wood |
| Access: |
Boat |
Propulsion: |
Steam |
| Level: |
Advanced |
Type: |
Schooner |
| Depth: |
55' |
Built: |
1940 |
| Bottom: |
Rock |
Sunked: |
1990 |
| Current: |
Low |
Cargo: |
- |
| Hazards: |
Cold water |
Dimensions: |
132' |
| Traffic: |
Low |
Position: |
Upright/Flattened |
CAROLINE ROSE
Caroline Rose is one of the schooners pictured on the back of the old Canadian $100 bill (it's the schooner on the left).
The schooner had originally sunk in Owen Sound harbor while serving as a cruise ship but was raised and transported to
just outside the boundaries of Fathom Five National Marine Park and scuttled as a dive site in 1990. Initially the wreck was
in great shape but it was ripped apart by a violent storm. This caused extensive damage but half of the hull was still intact.
There are large sections of the ship and many artifacts remaining (chains, rope, tanks, a small engine, pulleys and even the
kitchen sink). The ornate carving on the bow is of particular interest.
Built in Lunnenberg Nova Scotia, some believe
the Caroline Rose was a sister ship to the legendary Bluenose which came from the same birthplace.
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