On August 22, 2020 Dennis and I found a steamer 20 miles off Oswego that we believed to be the T.J. Waffle, well we proved ourselves to be wrong. We came upon this steamer on June 2, 2024 in the same area of the lake and after extensive research we have found that this steamer is actually the T.J. Waffle. The steamer went missing in heavy weather on Sept. 22, 1919, while bound from Fairhaven, NY to Kingston, Ontario. Some wreckage came ashore at Burt Point, near Oswego. Much of it was so thoroughly splintered that speculation was that she had exploded her boiler. Another steamer reported seeing a mess of wreckage off the Main Duck Island area. Winds were strong from the northeast that blew the wreckage south to Oswego. The cabin top was found on the beach near Oswego along with pillows and lifejackets with the steamer’s name on them. For more on the discoveries go to https://sonarguy.com
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