Edmund Fitzgerald

[JT2]

I was wondering if the Edmund Fitzgerald had ever been visited by anyone using scuba? And if so does anyone have info on the dive?

 

[Tavi]

Yes, 2 divers have been there!!
I'll see if I can find the links I had................

 

[Tavi]

This isn't the article I read before.
This one says one has been there on scuba.
But, others have been there using "special" equipment

http://www.lakesuperior.com/online/225/225fitz.html#dive

This is interesting too........
http://web.msu.edu/bell.themes.html

 

[GP]

I heard from a couple different people that a pair of trimix divers reached it in 1995 and they got thrown in jail for it in a Canada.

 

[Waterlover]

Terrence Tysall and Mike Zee dove the Fitz in 1995. They upset some people but didn't end up in jail. Do a search on scuba board as we have discussed this before all the links will be on the previous messages.

 

[jbd]

but I was under the impression that diving was prohibited on the Fitz.

I know I should have searched but I'm off to bed in a couple of minutes.

 

[Waterlover]

Their dive is what caused it to be illegal to dive the Fitz

 

[AquaTec]

So why has it become illigal to dive it

How deep is it

 

[Iguana Don]

530'

 

[MikeFerrara]

530' is done on a fairly regular basis. I think it has more to do with treating it as a grave site. It didn't go down all that long ago and there are many living kin of the crew who went down with her.