Lillie Parsons
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The Lillie Parsons was an American two-masted schooner which sank in the Saint Lawrence Seaway near Brockville, Ontario, Canada, in 1877.
The ship was launched on September 14, 1868, in Tonawanda, New York. On August 5, 1877, she hit a rock, took on water and sank after her cargo shifted during a squall.<ref name="northerntechdiver">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The wreck was discovered on August 6, 1963, by three members of the local diving club,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> complete with 500 tons of coal on board. She rests at a depth of about Template:Convert, off the shore of Sparrow Island.