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<bold><underline>THE MORRELL & FITZGERALD HIGHLIGHT SHIPWRECKS/97

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The third annual symposium on Shipwrecks, organized by the
<underline>Niagara Divers' Association</underline>, a Niagara-based dive
club of about 50 members, was held on Saturday, March 1, 1997 in Welland,
Ontario.  The one-day event attracted an audience of over 400, who came
to listen to presentations on Shipwrecks ranging from recreational
through to technical requirements, as well as expanding the history of a
number of Great Lakes shipwrecks.


Cris Kohl (Chatham, Ontario) once again opened and closed the show with
his presentations <bold><italic>History of the Daniel J.
Morrell</italic></bold> and <bold><italic>Treacherous Waters:
Kingston's
Shipwrecks</italic></bold>.  Out of the Blue Productions (Lexington,
Michigan) presented <bold><italic>The Morrell
Today</italic></bold>. The
Morrell's <bold><italic>Sole Survivor</italic></bold>, Dennis Hale
(Dayton, Ohio) told of his 38 hour ordeal aboard a life raft wearing only
a peacoat and underwear during one of Lake Huron's worst November Storms.
 Local Fort Erie diver Sandy Lapere introduced presentations by Frederick
Stonehouse (Flushing, Michigan) and Terrence Tysall (Orlando, Florida) on
 <bold><italic>The History Of</italic></bold>  and
<bold><italic>Diving
the Edmund Fitzgerald</italic></bold> by performing Gordon Lightfoot's
now famous song.  The story of the Judge Hart was told by Matt Turchi and
Darryl Ertel (Flint, Michigan) in their video <bold><italic>A Cold Dark
Hart</italic></bold>.  NDA member David Gilchrist (Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario) gave  an overview of <bold><italic>Diving the Niagara
Peninsula</italic></bold> and Marc Beaudry (Maple, Ontario) also an NDA
member, premiered his new video <bold><italic>Diving the Lakes - A Video
Sampling</italic></bold>.


A hot lunch and refreshments, along with door prizes donated by
<underline>Ed's Pro Dive</underline> of St. Catharines,
<underline>Sherwood Scuba</underline> of Lockport NY,  and
<underline>Divers' Den</underline> of Tobermory,  were some of the extras
enjoyed by attendees.  Speakers freely mingled  and were available for
discussion, book signing and video sales throughout the day and into the
evening.


Shipwrecks/98 is tentatively scheduled for Saturday March 7, 1998 in the
same Welland location.



Barbara Marshall

Http://www.vaxxine.com/nda


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