New dive sites in the river

[artw]

there are 2 new dive sites opening up in the St. Lawrence. there are white floaty markers on both of them. I do not know if SOS is going to permanently mark them. I believe they are supposed to be putting one on the bridge

click here to see the pics

Twisted Sisters
2 wrecks, both wooden ships burnt to the waterline and sunk in the late 1800's (across from mallorytown landing) the wrecks itself are nothing spectacular but it is interesting from an archeology point of view (and anyone taking NAS courses through Save Ontario Shipwrecks) there is no current and viz is ok.

Hoople Creek Bridge

this is located 4 islands west of Lock 21. the old Highway 2 bridge crossing Hoople creek.
it's a nice concrete round bridge. there is no current and viz sucks. 5-10 feet at the top and touch contact at the bottom. dir antisilting techniques come in handy here

 

[JamesP]

Nice photos. The bridge looks cool, too bad about the vis. It might be worth a dive in the colder months. Try to get it without the algae bloom.

there are 2 new dive sites opening up in the St. Lawrence. there are white floaty markers on both of them. I do not know if SOS is going to permanently mark them. I believe they are supposed to be putting one on the bridge

click here to see the pics

Twisted Sisters
2 wrecks, both wooden ships burnt to the waterline and sunk in the late 1800's (across from mallorytown landing) the wrecks itself are nothing spectacular but it is interesting from an archeology point of view (and anyone taking NAS courses through Save Ontario Shipwrecks) there is no current and viz is ok.

Hoople Creek Bridge

this is located 4 islands west of Lock 21. the old Highway 2 bridge crossing Hoople creek.
it's a nice concrete round bridge. there is no current and viz sucks. 5-10 feet at the top and touch contact at the bottom. dir antisilting techniques come in handy here

 

[DrownedRat]

There is no current and viz sucks. 5-10 feet at the top and touch contact at the bottom. dir antisilting techniques come in handy here

This was a very interesting dive to say the least However I'd just like to reinforce the point Art made above for safety sake.. The bottom of the bridge is as he said, "touch contact". You really can't see much more than 6in to a foot in front of you. There is no current what so ever, any crap you stir up will be there for the duration of your dive (and probably a week). If your buddy gets more than 5 feet away you can barley make out the flashlight (pretty creepy). I think the most dangerous aspect though is under the bridge. No we didn't go under it and I seriously discourage anyone from trying it (at least not without proper training and a reel). The problem is that when a cloud passes under the sun you can no longer see where the overhead of the bridge ends/begins (unless you happen to be near one of the supports, but if you're in between.. Well 1ft vist and 15ft between supports, do the math, you could easily wander under the bridge). You look up and it's dark, a standard flashlight doesn’t do enough to cut through the water particulate.
Anyway, don't mean to sound like I'm hacking on the site It just has some aspects of it that could be dangerous if you don't know about them.

Cheers

 

[Air_Miser]

Ditto on that. If you're not watching the bottom and aware of where you are, you could easily wind up in an overhead spot without realizing it. A couple of times I did double-takes to make sure it was silt, not concrete above.

This was a very interesting dive to say the least However I'd just like to reinforce the point Art made above for safety sake.. The bottom of the bridge is as he said, "touch contact". You really can't see much more than 6in to a foot in front of you. There is no current what so ever, any crap you stir up will be there for the duration of your dive (and probably a week). If your buddy gets more than 5 feet away you can barley make out the flashlight (pretty creepy). I think the most dangerous aspect though is under the bridge. No we didn't go under it and I seriously discourage anyone from trying it (at least not without proper training and a reel). The problem is that when a cloud passes under the sun you can no longer see where the overhead of the bridge ends/begins (unless you happen to be near one of the supports, but if you're in between.. Well 1ft vist and 15ft between supports, do the math, you could easily wander under the bridge). You look up and it's dark, a standard flashlight doesn’t do enough to cut through the water particulate.
Anyway, don't mean to sound like I'm hacking on the site It just has some aspects of it that could be dangerous if you don't know about them.

Cheers

 

[d33ps1x]

Anyway, don't mean to sound like I'm hacking on the site It just has some aspects of it that could be dangerous if you don't know about them.

Cheers

It sounds like a really bad shore dive to be honest. Still not sure what we are supposed to be sold on here. Is it the low vis? The fact that there is nothing to see? The potential for getting lost under the bridge?

Where do I sign up...

I'd rather hit the Gaskin, Ivy Lea, Rockport (Oh wait that one got screwed), or one of the many many more shore dives out there.

In fact how about a shore dive location thread...Off to do that now

 

[Chivas]

Do you have GPS Coordinates for Twisted Sisters?

 

[artw]

Location: SE corner Grenidier Island St. Lawrence River
Latitude: N44 24.89
Longitude: W75 50.96

http://www.saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca/Buoys/site_information.asp?Site_Name=Pentland+/+FA+Georger

an SOS conical mooring bouy was placed on this wreck on Sunday as well as a guide rope from the mooring bouy anchor to the wreck

 

[Chivas]

Thanks. Great info. I have some friends coming up to the islands this weekend that are new to diving. This may be decent starting dive.