View from above: Shipwreck Sweepstakes visible through the clear water of the Ontario lake

She was towed to the head of Big Tub Harbour to be repaired, but the damage proved too extensive to make a repair economically viable.

A decision was made to sink her and she was stripped of anything of value before being allowed to travel to the bottom of the seabed.

Although she deteriorates more each year she is considered one of the best preserved 19th-century great lakes schooners to ever be discovered

Metal bars are now throughout the inside of her hull, these have been installed by Parks Canada to reinforce the hull and deck.

There is also a wire fence to stop divers going into the wreckage in an attempt to preserve the shipwreck.