Lake On the mountain

[D M I]

Hello

I took a plunge into Lake on the Mountain yesterday near Picton, if you want a real experience of weirdess dive this lake to about 80'. The bottom is a death trap some type of sponge like layer laying across the entire bottom and if you touch it lightly, the entire lake bottom moves up and down. I have no idea how deep it is under this layer but its amazing to see. I have been told there is some type of fault in the deepest part were the water seeps upwards into the lake.

D M I

 

[wetman]

Was it worth doing though? I've heard that it isnt all that interesting. Whats the clarity like?

steve

 

[Tom R]

I believe that may be duck droppings.

There's a couple of cars, trucks and snowmobiles also.

Tom R

 

[D M I]

Hi

Its well worth the dive as the shallow areas are old farm fields that still have the fences and equipment around down there. I don't think this thick layer is duck dropping, but it may very well be vegitation decay. Either way its a tricky dive at depth and the vis is some what OK!.

D M I

 

[Doppler]

D M I once bubbled...
Hi

Its well worth the dive as the shallow areas are old farm fields that still have the fences and equipment around down there. I don't think this thick layer is duck dropping, but it may very well be vegitation decay. Either way its a tricky dive at depth and the vis is some what OK!.

D M I

DMI: you are about right on... that bottom layer -- often lovingly refered to by Ontario Lake Divers as Loon**** -- is probably a nasty mix of semi decayed organic material (vegetation, plankton (both kingdoms), and a mix of other ingredients such as bird feces and even old farm materials... yes, that sort of farm material) and suspended inorganics laying in an anoxic soup that hangs in a semi-viscous layer in the margins between solid and liquid... charming stuff, eh?

 

[D M I]

Hello

That sounds like some type of new bar drink, I better not go there anymore I may be sucked down into some unone layer of sulpher burning beverage I may not get out of.

D M I

 

[justoys]

You could you tell me where this Lake on The Mountain is? It sounds very Innterrresssting.

 

[crispos]

Didn't find the deep end so I missed the bird doo-doo and all I got was a shallow weed dive a few years ago. Keep going to Pt. Traverse for better diving IMHO. But hey, divers will try anything once. Try the Juno.

 

[D M I]

Hi

Ya! your right, lots of weeds but you need to go almost across the lake to get to any depth and the weired formation I found at the bottom its in about 80'

Cheers

D M I