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<bold><underline>THE MORRELL & FITZGERALD HIGHLIGHT SHIPWRECKS/97 </underline></bold> 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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