Phoenix (1815 steamer)
Phoenix (Shipwreck) | |
| Location | Colchester Shoal, Colchester Reef, Colchester, Vermont |
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| Coordinates | 44°33′11″N 73°19′52″W / 44.55306°N 73.33111°W |
| Area | 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1815 |
| Built by | Sherman, Jahaziel |
| Architectural style | Sidewheel steamboat |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001268 |
| Added to NRHP | November 5, 1998 |
The Phoenix was a sidewheel paddle steamer operating on Lake Champlain between the United States states of New York and Vermont, and the British province of Lower Canada (present-day Quebec). Built in 1815, she grounded, burned and sank in 1819 off the shore of Colchester, Vermont. Her surviving wreckage (approximately 40% complete) is the oldest known example of a sidewheel steamer anywhere in the world. The wreck site is a Vermont State Historic Site, which may be visited by registered and qualified divers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.