Take Pictures Leave only bubbles  SRHF operates in accordance with New York State law. Archeological resources located underwater are the shared cultural and historical legacy as well as legally the property of the people of the state of New York.  Because of the educational value of submerged resources, responsibility for their management is with the State Department of Education. The Department’s New York State Museum has responsibility for the protection and care of historical sites on submerged lands. It has authorization to gather data about them through issuing permits for underwater projects of an educational nature.

What is SRHF ?

The St. Lawrence River Historical Foundation, Inc. (SRHF) was formed as a non-profit corporation in July of 1994 to promote research and education regarding the maritime history of the St. Lawrence River. 

 

SRHF is supported by individuals, companies, and other non-profit organizations. 

 

For additional information please contact SRHF at the following address 

 

St. Lawrence River Historical Foundation Inc.

 35669 Beadles Point Rd. W.

 Cape Vincent, NY 13618 

email: srhf@twcny.rr.com

 

 

History of SRHF

St Lawrence River Historical Foundation Inc

Founded in 1993   

 

We’ve given presentations at Oswego’s “Great Lakes Underwater”, Ogdensburg’s “Founders Days”, Cape Vincent’s “Historical Weekend” as well as presentations at the in Hammond Museum, Cornwall Brothers Store and Museum in Alex Bay, the Thousand Island Museum in Clayton, Thousand Islands Land Trust, Clayton, Aquatarium, Brockville, Ontario, and the Cape Vincent Museum.

 

 

1994-1997 Iroquoise Project survey and identification of 18th-century shipwreck on 

          Niagara Shoal. Among others, worked with New York State Historic 

          Preservation, Peter Engelbert Archeologist for the Province of Ontario and Nick Rule, 

          British Archeologist.

 

         - Received NAS II certificates from the British Nautical Archeology Society   

 

1995 - Watertown Daly Times story “Shedding Light on a St. Lawrence River 

            Shipwreck. By John Golden

 

1998 - North Bay Video for New York State 

 

1999 - Joint NYSDA/SRHF underwater site proposal

 

2003 - testified on the State’s handling of an anchor for the Court 

           case of French Creek Marina vs. NYS

 

2007 - His Majesty Schooner Anson a.k.a. Iroquoise, Great Lakes Underwater 

 

2009 - conducted a cannon survey near Carleton Island with Jim Kennard, one 

           of the discoverers of the Revolutionary War British Ship “Ontario”

 

2011 - discovered the “Box Stove Wreck” in Cape Vincent and worked with New 

           York State to identify and protect it

 

2012 - 2013 Battle of French Creek program at Thousand Islands Museum 

 

2013 - first Shipwreck display at the Thousand Islands Museum. Peg Dolan of 

           Cape Vincent and Rochester wrote and performed the song “Silence” 

           for the display

 

         - Launched the Fort Haldimand.com Web site 

 

2014 - provided St. Lawrence River content for the Sea Grant State Fair exhibit. 

 

2016 - Channel 7, Watertown “Secrets of Carleton” video with John Moore

            

          - Dennis McCarthy returned to Niagara Shoal with a film crew from Spiegel 

            Television, Germany to photograph the Iroquoise as part of a TV series     

            on the Thousand Islands that was broadcasted in France and Germany in 

            May of 2017. At 257 years old, the Iroquoise was still resting on the 

            bottom of the St. Lawrence River on Niagara Shoal less than 35 miles 

            from where she was launch in 1759 near present-day Maitland Ontario. 

 

          - Cannon dedication at East End Park, Cape Vincent

 

2017- Inland Seas, the Quarterly Journal of the National Museum of the Great 

           Lakes, Volume 73, Page 98-108 His "Majesty’s Schooner the Anson, Late 

           the Iroquoise"

 

2019 - help design signage for cannon displayed at East End Park, Cape Vincent

 

-Hoisted Drain the Oceans producer and crew at Cape Vincent.

 

         - "Carleton Island’s North Bay Wreck" By Dennis McCarthy, Quarterly  

             Journal of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, 2019, Volume 75, 

             Page 151-163

            - Presentation "Historic Shipwrecks of the Thousand Islands" at the Nautical 

              Archaeology Society and the Ordnance Society 2019 Conference - Wooden Walls and

             Stone Bastions, University of Portsmouth, England. 16th-17th November 2019 

 

2022 - 18/19th Century Boat/Ship Building in Cape Library with George Sperry – Ship 

            building at Fort Haldimand on Carleton Island.

            Thousand Islands Museum presentation on the history of Fort Haldimand on Carleton Island

2023 -  Designed Fort Tompkins 3D model for Sackets Harbor Battlefield

        -  Presentation of the Shipwrecks of the American Thousand Islands- SLC Historical Associatio

         -  Thousand Islands Museum History at Noon and Sunset History Tour, Fleet of Lost Ships.

         -  Provided NY DOS with 2 photos of the shipwreck Islander for the LONMS Story Map.