Niagara Divers Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks/2009 was held Saturday, April 4, 2009. We had approximately 490 people in attendance. For 2009, we had 109 door prizes ($10,600.00 value) which 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 to the …
Master of Ceremonies One of Tom’s favourite phrases is, “The more I learn, the more I learn how little I know,” from Socrates, which he finds translates perfectly into Great Lakes diving. “The more I dive the more I realize there’s more out there to discover than I ever imagined,” he said recently. Drawing on …
Bob’s activity in the marine industry spans over 25 years and includes commercial diving, Atmospheric Diving Suits (ADS) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) operations. Operational and management pursuits have resulted in international projects over the years, including winters in Finland, summers in the tropics and ROV operations in the Andes mountains. Bob is presently a …
Born in the city of Khabarovsk in the Far East of Russia, Vlada discovered diving at an early age using her father’s scuba unit. Years later while expanding her dive education in Cozumel, Vlada decided to take an Underwater Photography course and has never dove without a camera again. Living in Toronto, with all five …
Learning to scuba dive was something that Warren had wanted to do for quite some time, and finally took the plunge several years ago and instantly fell in love with the sport. Living in Toronto, Ontario, the Great Lakes provided him tremendous opportunities to explore the rich marine heritage that Ontario had to offer. As …
Durrell Martin has been a member of the NDA since 1994 and has held positions from President to Newsletter Editor over the years. An active diver with close to 1,000 logged dives, Durrell was trimix certified in 1999 and has since then enjoyed exploring the deeper wrecks located in the Great Lakes. His real passion is …
Jonathan is an underwater archaeologist with Parks Canada’s Underwater Archaeology Service, based in Ottawa, Canada. His research interests and publications include shipwrecks from the War of 1812 and the effects of zebra and quagga mussels on historic shipwrecks. For over ten years he has conducted archaeological and historical research on the Hamilton & Scourge, and serves as a …
Chris Phinney, Project Director and Bryan Thomas, Dive Coordinator for Liquid Archaeology will present the history, identification and diving of the wreck Southern Trail. The Liquid Archaeology Survey team has been working on the wreck of the Southern Trail for over 5 years. Chris is an IT analyst and amateur archaeologist working towards anarchaeology degree at McMaster University in Hamilton, …
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 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 30 years of …
Authors of the recently released Erie Wrecks and Lights, Mike and Georgann are well known for their other two books, Erie Wrecks East and Erie Wrecks West. They have been diving around the world since the early 1970’s. However, nowhere else in the world have they discovered the kind of pristine and perfectly preserved shipwrecks that lie in the fresh …