General Brock (wreck, 1846)

The General Brock was a sailing brig that ran aground on November 26, 1846, on Pigeon Island, Lake Ontario, in Canada.[1] Her crew were rescued by officials from the nearby naval base at Kingston, Ontario.

Pigeon Island, where the vessel ran aground, is in the NE quadrant of this map.
For other uses, see General Brock.

The wreck of the General Brock was one of the triggers for the construction of a lighthouse on the island, in 1870.[2]

References
  1. "General Brock (Brig), aground, 26 Nov 1846". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. 1846. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  2. Marc Seguin (2015). "For Want of a Lighthouse: Building the Lighthouses of Eastern Lake Ontario 1828–1914". Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781490756714. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
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