[2] The Wheelhouse Maritime Museum objectives were: A Board of Advisors was formed comprising professional historians and archaeologists.

"[6] Artifacts salvaged from the S.S. Rothesay in the St Lawrence River included opaque china, spitoon, ceramic jug and an iron fry pan.

"Nothing is ever cut or torn from a wreck until we first make an accurate sketch of the vessel," explained Mr. Lamirande, "once it has been identified, it is carefully cleaned with chemicals or a wire brush.

[2] See also site https://sites.google.com/view/underwater-society-of-ottawa/home/uso-main At the Wheelhouse Maritime Museum, artifacts were wired to pegboards with brief sketches of their history taped beneath.

[2] One of the larger items in the museum was the oak hull of the Lady Colborne, constructed on Lake Deschenes in 1832, which burned and sank 1845 in Britannia Bay.

[2] The Wheelhouse Museum also has pieces of ribbing from the French brig l'Outaouais, which was sunk off Carleton Island by the British in the 1760s.

In 1982, Frank Martin, an official with the Santa Maria Society, moved the Bruce, a 19th-century steamer, to a permanent underwater grave near the Ottawa Rowing Club below Sussex Drive.

Among the seven vessels planned for the park were the William King, Ivy, Otter, Resolute, Maggie Bell, Mansfield and the Bruce.

The Wheelhouse Maritime Museum continued to be involved in building scale models of the ships and published 'A Foregone Fleet:A Pictorial History of Steam-Driven Paddleboats on the Ottawa River' in 1982.