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TWO DIVERS DIE IN TWO DIFFERENT ST LAWRENCE RIVER INCIDENTS THIS MONTH PHOTO OF HASLIP - MSN NEWS On Friday, CTV News reporter Ted Raymond reported that Ontario Provincial Police say the body of a scuba diver who went missing in the St. Lawrence River west of Cornwall, Ont. has been recovered. “The diver was among a group of four who were diving near Lock 21 on the Long Sault Parkway around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday," Raymond reported. "Only three divers resurfaced that evening.” Police began a search for the missing diver with help from the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, the Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department, the RCMP, and the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. The body was found Thursday morning. Police have not yet released the diver’s identity. In a separate incident, another man died on April 13 after going into distress while shore diving in the St. Lawrence River at Kingston, according to the OPP. His body was found the next day. Well-known dive instruc...

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. Sid...

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...