Shipwrecks ’95
The Shipwrecks/95 event was held on March 18, 1995. The event was a total sell out with many people on the waiting list unable to attend. The speakers that presented are outlined below.
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Cris Kohl Shipwrecks 95
Cris, a long time resident of the central Great LakesRegion, has been a very active and avid scuba diver since his first exposure to diving in Bermuda in 1974. He has written several books on diving in Ontario including “Dive Southwestern Ontario”, “Shipwreck Tales: The St. Clair River (to 1900)”, “Dive Ontario’ and his most …
Mike Fletcher 1995
Mike is a professional diver from Port Dover, Ontario. He has done extensive research on many shipwrecks in Lake Erie including the steamer Atlantic. On a dive in September 1984 Mike identified a shipwreck on the bottom of Lake Erie that would change his life and provide the rest of the world with a glimpse …
Dan Lindsay 1995
Dan has been diving for 22 years with 6 of those years spent in the commercial diving industry working as Diver- EMT, with Canadian based companies in the Beaufort Sea, Davis Strait, and the Great Lakes.
Walter Lewis 1995
Along with his interest in scuba diving Walter Lewis also spends a great deal of his spare time studying Great Lakes shipping. He serves on two editorial boards and is completing his Ph.D thesis on the first generations of iron hulled steamboats. “The Cornwall” survived fifty years of service down the rapids of the St. …
Dave Gilchrist 1995
Dave will be presenting an informative look at the Navy Hall Archaeological Site in the lower Niagara River at Niagara-on- the-Lake. This area of Niagara is rich in history and Dave is an avid historian and accomplished underwater photographer and is keenly interested in the preservation of this unique site.
Jim Garrington and Jim Honey 1995
As owners of Discovery Dive Charters, Jim and Jim will take a look at some of the shipwrecks in the eastern end of Lake Erie. Through an audio/video presentation we will see familiar dive sites as well as video footage on some new shipwreck sites, including a still unidentified schooner.