Niagara Divers Shipwrecks
Outside of diving, Andy Donato is an Electrical Engineer, currently working for Detroit Edison at their St. Clair Power Plant. Andy holds a U.S. Coast Guard Captain license and spends summer weekends running dive charters out of Lake Huron thumb area ports. Andy has been diving the Great Lakes for over 30 years and has …
Brian Nadwidny resides just outside Edmonton in Sherwood Park, Alberta. He started diving in 1980, but it wasn’t until 1989 when he moved to Nova Scotia for a 2 year period, that his fascination with shipwrecks began. He holds a particular fondness for those shipwrecks found in the approaches to Halifax. While most of his …
What can you say about David Trotter? David has given more presentations than any other speaker at our annual Shipwrecks Symposium. He just keeps discovering shipwrecks (three this last year) and as long as he does, we’ll keep inviting him back!David Trotter is a renowned shipwreck discoverer, deep diver, author, lecturer and photographer. In over …
Mike & Georgann Wachter have been diving around the world since the early 1970’s. Their books, Erie Wrecks East and Erie Wrecks West document over 200 Lake Erie shipwrecks and are considered “the bible” for Lake Erie Shipwreck enthusiasts.They discovered diving while snorkeling in the Mediterranean Sea in 1972 during a backpacking trip through Europe. …
All of the following door prizes are greatly appreciated. We wish to thank all the Donors for their support. (prizes listed in alphabetical order of donors) Adventure Scubadiving 22 SECORD DR. UNIT 4 St. Catharines, Ontario (905) 938-DIVE www.adventurescuba.ca 1- APEKS AT 20 RegulatorJohn Veber 2 – Ball CapsJoyce HaywardBonnie MacRae Boreal Specialty Wear 19 …
Shipwrecks/2005 was held Saturday April 2, 2005. We had over 470 people in attendance. For 2005 we had 128 door prizes (including regulators & dive charters) are now listed on the web site along with the contributors and winners names. The Fort Erie Underwater Recovery Unit once again held a 50/50 draw with proceeds going …
Master of Ceremonies Dave is back for his third year as MC. David Gilchrist has been diving since 1970. He is a PADI Instructor and a member of the Niagara Diver’s Association (NDA). He has been a presenter at past SHIPWRECKS Symposiums, UNDERWATER CANADA and GREAT LAKES UNDERWATER. He is an avid underwater photographer. A …
Tyler Bradford is a NAUI and TDI technical instructor as well as a PADI instructor. Over the past six years he has dedicated much of his time to teaching technical diving and leading expeditions to the Empress of Ireland. Having logged more than 200 dives on the Empress, he’s continuing this passion in 2005 with …
James P. Delgado has led or participated in shipwreck expeditions all across the globe. His undersea explorations around the world include RMS Titanic, the recent discoveries of Carpathia, the ship that rescued Titanic survivors, and the notorious “ghost ship” Mary Celeste, as well as surveys of USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, the sunken fleet of …
Joyce Hayward began diving in 1982. During her diving career she has served as the Great Lakes Director of the Atlantic Alliance for Maritime Heritage, and the Vice President of the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History, where she served as chair of the Divers Coordination Committee. She is the President of the Ohio Chapter …
Dan has had a long and varied career. Starting with the military as an army communicator, he completed tours of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, six years in Europe, and was a demonstration jumper with the Canadian Forces Parachute team the Sky Hawks. Retiring in 1992, he went to College and graduated with distinction as a Software …
David Trotter is a renowned shipwreck discoverer, deep diver, author, lecturer and photographer. In over 20 years of diving, he has been the first to locate, identify and document 70+ Great Lakes shipwrecks. His shipwreck discoveries and programs have been featured on television and in newspapers throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has written several …
Authors of Erie Wrecks East and Erie Wrecks West, Georgann and Mike Wachter have been diving around the world since the early 1970’s. They discovered diving while snorkeling in the Mediterranean Sea in 1972 during a backpacking trip through Europe. Since that time, they have visited many sites in the Caribbean, Atlantic, Pacific, and Great Lakes. However, nowhere …
All of the following door prizes are greatly appreciated. We wish to thank all the Donors for their support.(prizes listed in alphabetical order of donors) Adventure Scubadiving 595 Calton St. Unit 4 St. Catharines, Ontario (905) 938-DIVE www.adventurescuba.ca 1 – Aeris Pro Regulator Sean Bush Boreal Specialty Wear 19 Main Street St. Catharines Ontario …
Shipwrecks/2004 was held Saturday March 27, 2004. We had over 400 people in attendance. Winners of the over 50 door prizes (including regulators & dive charters) are now listed on the web site. New for 2004 was a 50/50 draw sponsored by the Fort Erie Underwater Recovery Unit with proceeds going to the Lake Erie …
Master of Ceremonies Dave is back for his second year as MC. David Gilchrist has been diving since 1970. He is a PADI Instructor and a member of the Niagara Diver’s Association (NDA). He has been a presenter at past SHIPWRECKS Symposiums , UNDERWATER CANADA and GREAT LAKES UNDERWATER. He is an avid underwater photographer. …
Tom Easop is a commercial/industrial photographer. Educated at Brooks Institute of Photographic Art and Science in Santa Barbara, California, he earned a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Color Technology with a minor in Industrial Imaging. He has operated his own commercial studio since 1986, in California and then in New York. Advertising clients include Ocean …
Dan Hall is funny, poignant, and unavoidably engaging. Though he is best known for his critically acclaimed songs about the Great Lakes shipping trade, his song, “The Day that Dan Hall Died”, (a tribute to his days as a pub singer) continues to make audiences shriek with laughter. David Siglan, director of The Ark in …
Joyce Hayward began diving in 1982. During her diving career she has served as the Great Lakes Director of the Atlantic Alliance for Maritime Heritage, and the Vice President of the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History where she served as chair of the Divers Coordination Committee. She is the President of the Ohio Chapter …
Lance Knapp was a US Navy Rescue & Salvage Diver from 1967 to 1973. Retiring from the Navy, he became an Engineer for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation until retirement in November of 2003. Lance has been affiliated with the H. Lee White Marine Museum in Oswego, New York since 1985. In addition to raising Derrick Boat #8 …