cobaltbabe
Diva of the Deep
I was going to let Ontario Diver recount this but I was bored and decided to take the bull by the horns.
A couple of weeks ago Matt and I were diving at the Marmora dam. When we exited the water an elderly gentleman approached us. Matt and this gentleman talked about diving for a while and then the man asked Matt if he had ever dove the train wreck that had gone off the tracks in the early 1900's. Both Matt and I started to pay closer attention. The man then told us that there was train that had gone off the tracks and it was in a lake over by Tweed! HELLO. So with that in mind we decided that it was time for a ROAD TRIP!!!
Last Sunday we made a right onto Stoco road and headed east. It was a nice day and we had all the dive gear in the truck. We drove past lots of fields and then past a big lake, Marlbank lake. Finally after a long drive we ended up in the in Marlbank, (I kept calling it Marlboro). Pretty little town that time forgot. Matt asked me if I wanted an ice cream and then he spotted the bar. Guess where we went. Anyway, to make a long story short, we found that it wasn't just a story. There were pictures of the engine on the wall, her name was Dinky. So back down the road we go. Back to the lake. After getting permission to go on the land, we walked past some amazing ruins of an old factory. There were stacks and the building itself was incredible. We had to weave our way through the brush and finally came to a path. I think it was once tracks. Down to the water we go where we find a round pool of water about maybe 15-20 feet wide. It had been put there by someone trying to keep the train in.
In this pool you could clearly see the stack of the train. She was covered in a white substance called Marl?? The only thing visible was the stack and that was just below the water line. Needless to say we didn't dive her. We didn't even go in the water but we had a wonderful adventure and who knows, maybe one of these days we will get a hint and follow it and come accross a new discovery. Now this is why I dive!!!!
Hope this wasn't too boring guys. Sorry Matt I couldn't wait. :10:
A couple of weeks ago Matt and I were diving at the Marmora dam. When we exited the water an elderly gentleman approached us. Matt and this gentleman talked about diving for a while and then the man asked Matt if he had ever dove the train wreck that had gone off the tracks in the early 1900's. Both Matt and I started to pay closer attention. The man then told us that there was train that had gone off the tracks and it was in a lake over by Tweed! HELLO. So with that in mind we decided that it was time for a ROAD TRIP!!!
Last Sunday we made a right onto Stoco road and headed east. It was a nice day and we had all the dive gear in the truck. We drove past lots of fields and then past a big lake, Marlbank lake. Finally after a long drive we ended up in the in Marlbank, (I kept calling it Marlboro). Pretty little town that time forgot. Matt asked me if I wanted an ice cream and then he spotted the bar. Guess where we went. Anyway, to make a long story short, we found that it wasn't just a story. There were pictures of the engine on the wall, her name was Dinky. So back down the road we go. Back to the lake. After getting permission to go on the land, we walked past some amazing ruins of an old factory. There were stacks and the building itself was incredible. We had to weave our way through the brush and finally came to a path. I think it was once tracks. Down to the water we go where we find a round pool of water about maybe 15-20 feet wide. It had been put there by someone trying to keep the train in.
In this pool you could clearly see the stack of the train. She was covered in a white substance called Marl?? The only thing visible was the stack and that was just below the water line. Needless to say we didn't dive her. We didn't even go in the water but we had a wonderful adventure and who knows, maybe one of these days we will get a hint and follow it and come accross a new discovery. Now this is why I dive!!!!
Hope this wasn't too boring guys. Sorry Matt I couldn't wait. :10:
