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.
