Thousand Island Pleasure Diving: The Vickery and America, Rockport Ontario
With passports in hand, the Dive Team charters with Thousand Island Pleasure Diver out of Rockport. We visit the Vickery and America, both on the U.S.A. side of the beautiful St. Lawrence river.
The Vickery 1:00
Dive Rating: Advanced, Wreck
Dive Type: Deep, Boat
Max Depth: 130ft
Dive Description: Wreck, recreational, penetration
Dive Challenges: Strong current, depth, shipping lanes
America 4:18
Dive Rating: Advanced, Wreck
Dive Type: Deep, Boat
Max Depth: 75ft
Dive Description: Wreck, recreational
Dive Challenges: Strong current, penetration, depth, shipping lanes
Thousand Island Pleasure Diving:Robert Gaskin, Brockville Ontario
Robert Gaskin :10
Dive Rating: Advanced, Wreck
Dive Type: Deep, Boat
Max Depth: 75ft
Dive Description: Wreck, recreational, penetration
Dive Challenges: Strong current, depth, shipping lanes
1,000 Islands Video - Gaskin
Video of wreck of the Gaskin in the 1,000 Islands region off Rockport and Brockville Ontario Canada. Thousand Island Pleasure Diving, Dive Tech Training Center and Under Where? Dive Charter. Video by T. Irvine / K. Wilson. Edited by T. Irvine.
Diving the Oconto in the Thousand Islands
The Oconto lies in 170ish feet of water with a very strong current especially near the propeller. The wreck broke in two on sinking and as such the bow is upright and the stern beside it overturned. An Interesting part of the wreck are the two inter-twined anchors on the bow they somehow tangled on sinking.
Thousand Island Pleasure Diving: Laura tries a discover diving
Laura took a number of pictures for us over the season, but she is not a diver, so here she is on vacation giving it a try in the pool.
Thousand Islands Pleasure Diving, 2014
Dove on the Vickory and Kingshorn wrecks. Great viz! 60+ feet. I'm used to 4' viz in the murky North Atlantic. No thermocline in the river! I dove with a 5mm suit and 3 mm hood. I was fine for both dives. 66 degrees F at 80'.
1,000 Islands Video - Kinghorn
Video of wrecks of the Kinghorn in the 1,000 Islands region off Rockport and Brockville Ontario Canada. Thousand Island Pleasure Diving, Dive Tech Training Center and Under Where? Dive Charter. Video by T. Irvine / K. Wilson. Edited by T. Irvine.
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1,000 Islands Video - Keystorm
Video of wreck of the Keystorm in the 1,000 Islands region off Rockport and Brockville Ontario Canada. Thousand Island Pleasure Diving, Dive Tech Training Center and Under Where? Dive Charter. Video by T. Irvine / K. Wilson. Edited by T. Irvine. (more)
Rockport, Ontario - June 23 , 2013
Lunch. Fish and chips with a view !
1,000 Islands Video - Lilly Parsons
Video of wreck of the Lilly Parsons in the 1,000 Islands region off Rockport and Brockville Ontario Canada. Thousand Island Pleasure Diving, Dive Tech Training Center and Under Where? Dive Charter. Video by T. Irvine / K. Wilson. Edited by T. Irvine.
1000 Islands Diving - Robert Gaskin 1 RAW.MP4
Originally a three masted wooden barge, it was launched at Kingston, Ontario on April 21, 1863. In 1889 the Gaskin was being used as a salvage barge to help salvage the railroad ferry Armstrong that had sunk, during this process the Gaskin sank three times, with the third time on September 18th, 1889 being the final time. A large anchor is located off the bow of the Gaskin. Almost a must for visiting divers, the Robert Gaskin sits a half mile downstream from the Brockville waterfront and river focal point, Blockhouse Island and lies perpendicular to the current at a 55 Ft. depth at the bow, and 70 Ft. at the stern which sticks out towards the channel and shipping lane. The upstream shipping channel is very close to the stern and caution is advised.
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1000 Islands Diving - Robert Gaskin 3 RAW.MP4
Originally a three masted wooden barge, it was launched at Kingston, Ontario on April 21, 1863. In 1889 the Gaskin was being used as a salvage barge to help salvage the railroad ferry Armstrong that had sunk, during this process the Gaskin sank three times, with the third time on September 18th, 1889 being the final time. A large anchor is located off the bow of the Gaskin. Almost a must for visiting divers, the Robert Gaskin sits a half mile downstream from the Brockville waterfront and river focal point, Blockhouse Island and lies perpendicular to the current at a 55 Ft. depth at the bow, and 70 Ft. at the stern which sticks out towards the channel and shipping lane. The upstream shipping channel is very close to the stern and caution is advised.
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Kinghorn, Rockport Ontario
The wreck of the Kinghorn April 2nd 2011, 38f water temp
Legends of The Thousand Islands
A look at how the zebra muscles have affected scuba diving in the Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River
Thousand Island Wreck Diving
A collection of video snippets from a few days diving in the Thousand Islands with Thousand Island Pleasure Diving in August, 2016. Cameras are a Nikon 1 S2 and a SJCAM M20.
Music is Dido - White Flag. Used without permission for the comic value.
Shipwrecks of the Thousand Islands, Silence
This is a video of vintage photos and underwater videos of shipwrecks in the Thousand Islands. Sponsored by Thousand Islands Area Scuba Divers tiasd.com
The song Silence was written, composed and is sung by Peg Dolan. pegdolan.us
The two-masted schooner in the video is the St. Lawrence II off Tibbetts Point.
The vintage photos (Corbin River Heritage, Clayton, NY) are the Bertie Calkins at Cape Vincent break-wall on Nov 29 1905, wreck at Clayton, Propeller Oconto 1886, Side wheeler Islander and the Roy A. Jodrey. The underwater videos are the Maggie L off Clayton, NY, the Islander off Alexandria Bay, NY, the Kinghorn off Rockport, Ontario and the Keystorm on Outer Scow Island Shoal.