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All about the Diving in and around Brockville, Ontario. Sidebars written for Huffington Post Blog August 2016. By Stephen Weir Popular Shore Dives in and around Brockville, Ontario   Shore divers head to the Rothesay Rothesay – Wooden Sidewheel Passenger Steamer. Sank in 1889. 300 ft from shore. Augusta Township(west of Brockville) has built change rooms and a park off Highway 2 for divers. The Wee Hawk - work barge sunk in the 50s.   70 ft long, 20 ft down. Near the town of Cardinal west of Brockville on Highway 2. Wreck accessed from shore at the unused Galop Lock two.   Nearby is the Conestoga Wreck and both can be dove on a single tank of air. Conestoga Wreck. 252 ‘ long steamer. Upright, parts of the ship are out of water. She is 10’ feet from shore.   Maximum depth 28.   She was built in 1878, sank in 1922.   ABUC's EMILY C Dive Boat - photo Helen Cooper Brockville area shipwrecks – boat dives Sir Robert Peel. Sidewheel steamer. Depth 135

1,000 Island City Gets Number One Rating For Its River Diving By Stephen Weir (August Diver Magazine) First it was an American on-line dive magazine, then it was a chain of Canadian newspapers and now, Germany’s largest circulation magazine Der Spiegel is the city of Brockville, Ontario to discover why this is one of the world’s best freshwater diving destinations.   The St Lawrence River community has shipwrecks, shore diving, good visibility in warm water, a growing underwater sculpture park and just recently opened state-of-the art Aquatrarium   (both an aquarium and shipwreck attraction).   Diver Magazine layout - photo by Roy Letts ‘It’s not common knowledge, but Canada offers some of the best diving in the world, in some of the most untouched marine environments. So, what are the best dive sites in Canada? “ asks Scuba Diver Life, a California online dive magazine. “Brockville! Just across the St. Lawrence River from New York State, along a stretch of the r

. Recent Huffington Post Film Story by Stephen Weir   http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/../../stephen-weir/america-wild-interview_b_11397002.html Rachel Pohl - photo by George Socka “ I don’t work out.   I don’t diet.   I don’t prepare before climbing,” confessed 23-year old mountain climber Rachel Pohl.   “ Why can I (climb up a near vertical rock face) do it?   Thank my mother and father for their DNA!” The modest adventurer is starring in   "America Wild: National Parks Adventure".   She doesn’t simply climb mountains, she preternatural ly finds pinkie sized breaks in sheer rock faces. One foot on one side of a stone crevice, the other on a different rock face altogether. And between her legs? The great abyss.   publicity still - Devil's Tower America Wild, a new Imax movie narrated by Robert Redford, recently had its Canadian premiere in Toronto.   It has begun showing at museums, galleries and Science Centres all across North America. The 50-minut

Sinking of the  Ana Cecilia :  Florida's Newest Dive Tourism Site  In The Palm Beaches The Ana Cecilia cargo ship, once used in both an attempt to smuggle $10 million worth of cocaine into the United States and as the first ship to carry cargo from Miami to Cuba in 2012 after 50 years of embargo, now has a new destiny underwater off the coast of The Palm Beaches as an artificial reef. The  Ana Cecilia  is the 45th ship to be scuttled for dive touristsin Palm Beach County in recent decades. The Palm Beaches are home to 151 artificial reefs, including the  Ana Cecilia , which provide a fascinating experience for divers.  The ship was sunk on July 13, 2016, 1.25 miles off the Lake Worth Inlet in 85 feet of water.  Divers are already visiting the ship as the video  https://youtu.be/8RkIcmYwaGw   by Scuba Nation (posted by the county) shows! The  Ana Cecilia  was a 170-foot Halter Marine general cargo ship built in 1972.  America's Department of Homeland Securit