War of 1812 Shipwreck Booklet Available...

The book launch for the new publication prepared by Jonathan Moore for the series sponsored by the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation took place in Kingston yesterday. Jonathan gave an excellent, richly illustrated presentation on the War of 1812 Shipwrecks in Kingston, on which he is a leading authority. His new book (ISBN: 978-0-9783359-2-2) was available for sale at C$ 7-95. The 30 page soft-cover work has many wonderful images that expand understanding of Kingston's local shipwrecks of the period concerned.

Copies of the book will be available from CARF (call 613 542 3483) at 611 Princess Street, Kingston, and probably also the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at 55 Ontario Street.

Guide to the Stacked Hulls online...

POW is pleased to announce that a downloadable guide to finding and visiting the popular Stacked Hulls dive site in Kingston is now available on our website. Click here to download the guide. If you plan to visit the site after using the guide, do please pay close attention to the Cautionary Notes included in it.

Talk on the War of 1812 Wrecks ...

Jonathan Moore, a well-known author on the topic and member of Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Service, will be speaking at the Marine Museum in Kingston on Sunday, November 30th at 2 pm to launch his new book on "Shipwrecks from the War of 1812 at Kingston: A Look Beneath the Waves" 

This should be an interesting talk for anyone interested in the wrecks of the period -

Fall Newsletter out now...

The Fall edition of the POW Newsletter is out now. Download it from our website and enjoy reading about issues that interest local divers. There's a mystery structure to test your theories on and a major interview with Warren Lo, who takes superb photographs of local wrecks. He's been good enough to share some tips with our readers. Be sure and check a copy out soon - and then circulate it to all your diving friends..

Interesting Structures in Kingston Waters...

I had the opportunity on November 6th to dive on a couple of major structures that lie along the pipeline that served the pumphouse near the Marine Museum in Kingston. One of these, a massive wooden crib (previously noted, I think, earlier this year, by Tom Rutledge and fellow divers) is difficult to attribute. I'll place some pics of that in a while and bets on what purpose it served can be laid. The second structure, which staff at the Pumphouse had actually asked for imagery of, is the 'tower' serving (to protect / support ?) the intake pipe for the building.

Here are a few pictures of the structure and intake pipe. An interesting site - it's fascinating to imagine the engineering involved in putting this in place at the time it was constructed. By the way, for the fishermen out there, these two locations are a haven for Bass.

Buoy removal almost complete...

Some excellent work by volunteers has seen the task of retrieving the buoys from our wrecks almost completed this weekend. Near perfect conditions have certainly helped. Sunshine beamed down all weekend and the wind was generally out of the North.
The following wrecks are no longer marked. Aloha, Comet, Davie, Marsh, Wolfe Islander II, KPH and the Maple Glen. Check our website (link on the right) for an up to date mooring status statement.

Mooring Removal Continues...

The bleak weather of the last week or so has not discouraged our Mooring Director from his pursuit of the remaining mooring buoys placed around the Lake's Canadian waters. Marks have been removed from the Munson, City of Sheboygan, Terry's Tug and the William Jamieson. It's planned to lift most remaining buoys over the coming weekend, ideally on Saturday. If anyone else is in a position to assist with removal of the buoys, they should contact Harold (whose number is on our website) for advice on the work and to keep him in the loop.