Forgot to mention here is another article about this wreck..
"Just as DIVER Magazine was going to press, the Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia, Ontario announced that the wreck of the Mariposa Belle had been discovered in Lake Simcoe by underwater explorer Scott Williamson. Lost for decades, the remains of the Mariposa Belle were found near Sibbald Point near the town of Orillia.
Mariposa Belle, the fabled steamship of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town plied the waters of Lake Simcoe60 kms north of the city of Torontoat the turn of the century. Originally built as the schooner Enterprise in 1868, she was converted to a dual-engine steam powered ship in 1883 and was a popular fixture on the lake. She first sank in 1903 at the Mulcaster wharf in the city of Barrie. She was refloated, and sailed to the Orillia area where she was stripped and allowed to sink to the bottom of the lake.
"The Enterprise became the Mariposa Belle for Stephen Leacock and the international reading public in 1912 when he transformed her actual demise in the mythic "Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythis" in Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town," explained Daphne Mainprize, curator of the Stephen Leacock Museum. "As a result Leacock gave birth to one of the Great Moments of Canadian literature."
According to a press release issued by the museum, curator Mainprize applauds Scott Williamson's discovery and describes it as "one of the most exciting finds of Leacockiana in nearly a century". She also describes the find as being "a complement to the National Historic Site and significant addition to the Museum's interpretive programming."
Efforts will be initiated by the Museum to have the shipwreck recognized and protected.
Scott Williamson is a diver long respected for his knowledge of Lake Simcoe. He was credited recently with saving, from destruction by the local municipality, the sunken remains of the Lake Simcoe Steamship Railway at Jackson's Point (on Lake Simcoe near Orillia)."
http://divermag.com/archives/may99/around_lks_may99.html
StingRob:
I know there is wreck off Jackson's Point lake Simcoe; I found an older thread on the board talking about this one. People say is called Enterprise, and I heard is a small fishing boat. Does any one have more details about this?
StingRob
