“Shipwrecks/2015″was held on Saturday, May 2, 2015. We had approximately 400 people in attendance. For 2015, we had 109 door prizes donated ($5000.00 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 Lake Erie (Eastern Basin) Mooring Project. A total of $973.71 was raised for the project and three prizes of $523.75/ $314.25 / $209.50 given out.
Our thanks to the FEURU and all those individuals for their contributions to the Mooring Project.
A selection of eight full length multi-media presentations by internationally renowned speakers.
Our Master of Ceremonies Ric Mixter will also draw on his unique story-telling gifts to intersperse and showcase snippets of his favourite shipwreck stories throughout the day.
ALSO
Between our primary presentations, we are pleased to present a number of 5 minute “shorts”, highlighting new discoveries.
| Show | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Master of Ceremonies & Story Teller | Ric Mixter |
| Shipwrecks of Michigan's Upper Peninsula | Geoff Barker & Linda Preston |
| Doomed for Disaster Loss of the schooner William Young | Tony Gramer |
| Survivors: The Great Storm of 1913 | Walter Lewis |
| Railroaded - The Wreck of the Schooner Plymouth | Kevin Magee |
| The Discovery of HMS Erebus | Jonathan Moore |
| Environmental Time Bomb. The USAT Brig. Gen. Zalinski. | Brian Nadwidny |
| H. L. Hunley, The World’s First Successful Attack Submarine | Ralph Wilbanks |
