Barry Allen Newman plummeted from 20,000 feet into the lake in a P-51 fighter. His body was never recovered.These days, Prince Edward County is best-known to visitors for its sandy beaches and up-and-coming wineries.
But there is a much darker side to the region that few sightseers ever learn about.Dubbed the Marysburgh Vortex, or alternatively “The Graveyard of Lake Ontario,” the small stretch of water off the shores of Prince Edward County has for centuries played host to shipwrecks, airplane mishaps, strange sightings and mysterious disappearances.Global News has identified at least 270, and as many as 500, ships that met their watery end in this part of the lake.