Brockville Diving Sidebars
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