Getting Fresh Water - DIVING in Brockville
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 st...