Niagara Divers Shipwrecks
“Shipwrecks/2016″was held on Saturday, April 9, 2016. We had approximately 400 people in attendance. For 2015, we had 39 door prizes donated ($2000.00 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 & Story Teller This year, we are very pleased to have Jill as our Master of Ceremonies. Throughout the day she will be telling us stories from her many projects. A pioneering underwater explorer and filmmaker, Jill’s photography and writing have been featured in prominent publications around the world. In recognition of …
Beginning in 1977 Mike’s day started like everyone else’s, in the sun, wind and noise of the surface, then traveled to the underworld, into a perpetual gloom beneath Lake Erie. Working as a diver in marine construction, Mike did his time on the bottom in solitude, drilling rock, sand-bagging forms and pouring concrete. As new skills were learned, …
CRIS KOHL and JOAN FORSBERG, well-known maritime historians, scuba divers, authors, lecturers, photographers, and videographers, are a husband-and-wife team who love to explore shipwrecks, particularly those in the Great Lakes. They both have university degrees in History and underwater archaeology certifications from Great Britain’s Nautical Archeology Society (NAS). They have been interviewed about shipwrecks many …
Tom Kowalczk is the Director of Remote Sensing for the Cleveland Underwater Explorers (CLUE)and an avid shipwreck hunter, experienced researcher, sidescan sonar operator, and scuba diver. As a life-long resident of Ottawa County, Ohio, Tom grew up fishing and diving in Lake Erie. He began diving shipwrecks in 1965 and has been researching Great Lakes history …
A photojournalist for the Detroit Free Press, Eric Seals has covered many assignments around the world from the Intifadas in Israel/Palestine, 5 months covering the war in Iraq, various U.S. presidential campaigns and many sports, from the Olympics in Beijing and the upcoming 2016 games in Brazil, to several Super Bowls, Stanley Cups, World Series …
Scott Stitt is a former commercial hard-hat diver with hundreds of hours of mixed gas and saturation dives logged in the offshore oil and gas industry. He’s worked with Texas A&M University and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) as an underwater field archaeologist. Scott holds a B.Sc. in environmental science and is a 25-year …
David Trotter has been involved in Great Lakes Shipwrecks……searching, diving, exploring and documenting new discoveries for 35+ years. The solving of “history’s mysteries” has made significant contributions to the history of our Great Lakes and provided new exploration opportunities for sport and technical divers to enjoy. Dave’s discoveries have been featured on the Discovery Channel, …
An inductee in the Women Diver’s Hall of Fame, Valerie van Heest is an award-winning author, documentary filmmaker, and museum exhibit designer who has been honored by the Historical Society of Michigan for her work in preserving and promoting Michigan’s submerged maritime history. She is a co-founder and president of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) …
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