Tax Receipts are on the way...

Part of this weekend has been dedicated to preparing and despatching the POW 2009 Income Tax Receipts for members. If you don't see yours in a few days (most will be sent by e-mail) please mail me to let me know. The support of members is invaluable to the Organisation and this is one of the only ways that we can give you something back.

Don't forget - the Annual General Meeting takes place at the Kingston Archaeology Centre on Sunday, January 24th, starting at 2pm. Besides the necessary business, there will be an introduction to the Centre and a talk on a topic of particular pertinence to the City's Marine Heritage.

New Video Promotes Kingston Diving and our Wrecks...

Harold and Anne at Kingston Dive Charters feature in an excellent video distributed by Canada Travel and featuring Kingston's wreck diving opportunities. Well done to both of them. It's great to see someone stepping up to do the job that our City and its tourism offices should be doing...

If you visit the site, be sure to comment positively and encourage everyone to come and share our wrecks - and contribute to their protection.

Annual General Meeting Arrangements...

2009 Members in good standing will receive a personal invitation to attend the Annual General Meeting, but just in case, here's the information you need for your 2010 diaries and calendars.

The Meeting will take place at the Kingston Archaeological Centre (home to the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation) on Sunday, January 24th, starting at 2pm. A keynote presentation will be given by Sue Bazely, CARF's Executive Director. It will include new revelations about discoveries made at Kingston's historic Naval Dockyard.

Nominations for the governing Board are cordially invited. Please confirm that anyone you nominate is prepared to stand for office before submitting their name to our Secretary, Marg Barker.

The quickest and easiest way to renew your membership is by visiting our website and using the online arrangements provided by Canada Helps.

The opportunity will also be made available to renew subscriptions on the day.

Wherever the holiday season finds you - have a safe and happy one!

Fish sighted - Cayman Brac

Here's an update. Started scootering from shore. Its a hoot, especially when the current us up. Save a lot on air. But you have to be careful not to go to far. Water temp is between 81 and 83.

No pictures, but here is a short list of what we saw:
-Spotted Eagle Ray, 6 turtles (on the last dive), peacock flounder, Yellowtail Snapper (very tasty), Queen Couch (in season and very tasty too), Stingray, Spotted Moray Eel, etc,

There are 41 positively identified and more the I am not sure about.
http://www.tropicalrunaway.com/

New wreck site located in Lake Ontario...

Intrepid wreck researchers Dan Scoville and Jim Kennard have announced another discovery. Their website, Shipwreckworld, contains full details of the discovery and features many pictures and an excellent video.

POW to report on Guenter's Survey...

POW President, Mike Hill, will speak at the Marine Museum in Kingston on Sunday, November 15th. His brief is to inform a wider audience about progress on the survey of the wreck known as Guenter's, which has been the subject of examination by POW volunteers over the Summer.

Come along to hear what's been discovered - and what remains to be done.

Doors open at 1:45 for the 2 pm talk.

POW on Daily Planet...

Last night the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet programme featured the work of Preserve Our Wrecks as its lead item. The feature is the result of a visit to Kingston earlier this year in preparation for the Show's Fall lineup. The piece is a good one. It can be viewed online by clicking here. It's very gratifying to see that a Canadian programme devoted to international scientific issues should have taken an interest in our work - and more gratifying still to see that their report very accurately represents our work and its challenges and realities. While we may not have achieved everything we would have liked this season, a very good start has certainly been made. And it's not necessarily the case that we have made our last visit of 2009 to the site...