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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Shipwreck hunters say they've found the sunken houseboat of a northern New York businessman who disappeared during a trip on Lake Ontario 40 years ago.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  Two shipwreck hunters have found the final resting place of a schooner that sank off Lake Ontario's southeastern shores nearly 140 years ago.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Two shipwreck enthusiasts from the Rochester area say they have found a Civil War-era steamship that was intentionally sunk in spectacular fashion in one of New York's Finger Lakes more than a century ago.

Monday, June 04, 2012  A new guidebook published by an upstate New York-based tourism promotion organization details some of the stories about pirates, sailors, daredevils, battles, shipwrecks, lighthouses and other attractions to be found along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail.

Friday, May 25, 2012  Cortland County Sheriff's deputies hope you can help catch a group of vandals.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Salvaged items as small as a hairpin and as big as a chunk of the Titanic's hull are among 5,000 artifacts from the world's most famous shipwreck that are to be auctioned April 11 in New York.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Two northern New York men say they've discovered the wreck of a rare 19th century ship that sank where Lake Ontario empties into the St. Lawrence River.

Sunday, February 28, 2010  Divers, maritime history buffs invited to 'explore' local finds

Tuesday, December 15, 2009  Two shipwreck explorers chanced upon the 119-foot-long C. Reeve while conducting underwater surveys this summer a few miles off the lake's southern shore west of Rochester.