Niagara Divers Shipwrecks
Cris Kohl, one of our most popular speakers, has returned for his third year with SHIPWRECKS. Cris, a long time resident of the central Great Lakes region, has been a very active and avid scuba diver since 1974. He has written several books on diving in Ontario, including Dive Southwestern Ontario; Shipwreck Tales: The St. Clair River (to …
Out of the Blue Productions is really three people, Jim & Pat Sayer and Tim Juhl. Since 1987, the trio has been working together to locate and produce documentaries on shipwrecks, primarily in the Great Lakes. They started out shooting 35 mm slides and have graduated to using digital video cameras and state-of-the-art computer based editing equipment. Educators …
Dennis Hale, the sole survivor of the S.S. Daniel J. Morrell, lives quietly with his wife Doria in Dayton, Ohio. Today Dennis works as a skilled machinist, and must daily deal with his memories of the night that changed his life forever. Dennis has collaborated with Tim Juhl and Pat & Jim Stayer to produce a book on his experience, …
Frederick Stonehouse has authored eleven books on Great Lakes history, with a twelfth due out in the summer of 1997. He is a frequent lecturer on diving, shipwreck exploration and maritime research, with major presentations given at “Our World Underwater” in Chicago and “Underwater Canada” in Toronto. Among many other accomplishments, he has served as project director …
Terrence Neal Tysall is President/Founder of The Cambrian Foundation, a federally recognized not-for-profit corporation based in Florida. The mission of the foundation is research, education, exploration and preservation of the aquatic realm. He has organized and led expeditions to various sites the world over. Terrence holds Instructor Trainer/Evaluator ratings with IANTD, NACD, NAUI, NSS-CDS, SSI and …
Matt Turchi and Darryl Ertel have been diving the Great Lakes since 1987 and have concentrated their efforts in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior. Matt is currently on the Board of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and enjoys making drawings/scale models of ships they dive. Darryl, a resident of Grand Blanc, is full cave certified and instructs open water, …
David Gilchrist has been diving since 1970. He has remained active in diving since certification and is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. In the late 1970’s David pursued a serious interest in underwater photography. His exhibits include Freshwater, and Beneath Arctic Waters. A number of images from his most …
Back for his second year with SHIPWRECKS, NDA club member Marc Beaudry has been diving since 1976 and holds ratings of Divemaster, Full Cave and Trimix. His passion for underwater video photography has taken him to locations in the Caribbean, Mexican cenotes, Florida fresh water caves and Great Lakes wrecks. DIVING THE LAKES – A VIDEO SAMPLING Marc …
THE LUSITANIA & TITANIC HIGHLIGHT SHIPWRECKS/96 The second annual symposium on Shipwrecks, organized by the Niagara Divers’ Association, a Niagara-based dive club of about 50 members, was held on Saturday, March 2, 1996 in St. Catharines, Ontario. The one-day event attracted an audience of 365, who came to listen to presentations on Shipwrecks, ranging from recreational through …
Gary Gentile started his diving career in 1970. Since then he has made more than 1000 decompression dives, over 100 of them on the Andrea Doria. He has specialized in the fields of wreck diving and shipwreck research, concentrating his efforts on wrecks along the East Coast, from Canada to Key West, and the Great Lakes. He has published …
Marc Beaudry has been diving since 1976 and holds ratings of Divemaster, Full Cave and Trimix. His passion for underwater video photography has taken him to locations in the Caribbean, Mexican cenotes, Florida fresh water caves and Great Lakes wrecks. Marc has documented the Frontenac in her still virgin state: intact hull and deck, cabin and wheelhouse …
Steve Blasco received his Honours Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Engineering Geophysics from Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario and for the past 18 years has been employed as a marine engineering geophysicist with the Geological Survey of Canada, at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His research focuses on marine environmental and engineering geology studies. Seafloor and …
Reg Creighton is the current National Director and Director of Training for IANTD Canada. He is also one of the current leaders for the Transpac 95 Expedition, as well as technical diving in Canada. Reg is a fully certified commercial diver, hyperbaric chamber operator, hyperbarics instructor and instructor trainer/trainer for all levels (except Cave) within the IANTD organization. Transpac 95 Reg Creighton will …
Cris is back for a second year with Shipwrecks. He will be presenting two topics this year, Cris, a long time resident of the central Great Lakes region, has been a very active and avid scuba diver since 1974. Dive Ontario Two & Shipwreck Tales: The St. Clair River He has written several books on diving in …
Dan Lindsay has been diving for 23 years. Six years were spent in the commercial diving industry , working as Diver – EMT with Canadian based companies in the Beaufort Sea, Davis Strait and the Great Lakes. Dan is now an Electronics-Electrician by trade, but his greater love is the time spent underwater in deep water wreck exploration, videography and film-making. …
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.
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 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 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.
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. …