Forces Sub Aqua Club

Rothesay
2024-07-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Rothesay, 1671 County Road 2, Prescott, Canada
This is a great dive spot for basic divers. There is a line from the shore to the wreck. Don’t forget to bring flashlights to this site!
SOS and Augusta Township provide great info about this site.

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Roger Lacasse has posted a great 3D model of the wreck on the 3dshipwrecks website.

Centeen Park / Gaskin
2024-07-18 19:00 | Centeen Park, Centeen Park Brockville, Brockville, Ontario, K6V 1A3, Canada
This is a great spot to check out your gear and visit the underwater statues or do something more adventurous.
The inner area has been populated with wonderful life-sized statues. Click on the image below to see the SOS PDF on this site.

Secondly, advanced, fully equipped (NLT 100cuft tank) and ideally with a pony bottle, can visit the Gaskin from shore. Click on the image below to see a site about it with a great 3D model.

Lock 28 to Connie drift
2024-07-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Lock 28 to Connie drift, 100 Galop Canal Rd, Township Of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Ontario, Canada
This is a great short drift dive starting at the “Wreck Wee Hawk”. We then swim to the entrance of Lock 28 and then drift downstream and eventually cross into the main channel and end up on the Conestoga (Connie), where you can loop around. We often also dive back to near the entrance location.
In the bottom left of the image below, you can see the “Wreck Wee Hawk”.

Rockport Wall
2024-07-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Rockport Wall, 19 Front Street, Rockport, ontario, Canada
This is a good dive spot for basic and advanced divers as it is a steep wall. There is also a small wreck. Divers must stay close to the west wall to avoid boat traffic.
There is a $10 free to be paid at the bar of the Cornwall’s Pub.

We dive from the beech area just to the north of the Boat House hotel / restaurant and motel. You can park in the beach parking lot area. See the image for the RV (beach) area.

Lock 21
2024-07-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Lock 21, Macdonell Island, South Stormont, Ontario, Canada
Lock 21 is a fairly high current dive so should only be done by advanced divers who are comfortable with higher current dives. It is located off the south-western end of Macdonell Island near Long Sault.
Web information sources:

SOS provides a great description and sketch of the lock: https://saveontarioshipwrecks.ca/diverguides/lock-21/
Neptune: https://www.neptune-scuba.info/ca/on/ecluse-lock-21-en.html
New York Times article: https://davidgibbins.com/journal/2016/4/8/diving-lock-21-a-submerged-victorian-canal-lock-on-the-st-lawrence-river-canada

Location: Lock 21 is located off the south-western end of Macdonell Island. From highway 401, take exit 778 toward Long Sault. Take the South direction on Moulinette Road up to Highway 2 (also known as King’s Highway). Continue heading South direction on Moulinette Road crossing Highway 2 toward Long Sault Parkway. Follow the route toward McDonell Island (2nd island)stop at the beech are of the 1st Island, Mille Roches Island to purchase a $10 dive pass, then continue to McDonell Island. After driving half way across McDonell Island, take the 2nd gravel road to the left. It will go only for about 40 meters then turn right to travel toward the West direction. It will end in about 60 meters. There is a brown pavilion where information is available about the dive site and an historic tour relating the story of the Lost Villages after the construction of the St.Lawrence Seaway. The Lock is located on the South side of the island on the St.Lawrence lake (not the St.Lawrence River which is located on the other side of the islands on the American side of the border). The GPS location is: 44°59’55.0″N 74°53’57.4″W (44.998611, -74.899270)
If you happen to drive along the Long Sault series of islands from the west end, stop at the 1st island, McLaren Island camping area and purchase the $10 diving pass from the small shop by the parking lot, then carry on to McDonell Island.
