Friday August 24th
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| Schooner Maggie L. |
The Clayton Dive Club deployed a buoy to help protect the wreck of the Schooner
Maggie L. located off Clayton in French Creek
Bay. Shipwrecks are an
important underwater historic resources. Providing a buoy will reduce the risk
of anchor damage caused by divers anchoring on the wreck and the buoy will also
improve access to this popular dive site. Buoys provide safer ascents and
descents for the divers. Buoying wrecks in Canadian waters is supported by
several dive organizations and the Ontario
Government.
1000 Islands Ready Mix Concrete
donated the concrete mooring block for the buoy and R J Marine Associates LTD. placed the block on site. The Clayton Diving
Club will maintain the buoy and have filled all the necessary regulatory permits
before the buoy was deployed. A lighted buoy will replace the temporary holding
buoys.
The Maggie L. was a 90 foot 2-masted
wooden schooner that sunk after a collision with a steel freighter on November
4th, 1927 as she was leaving the main shipping lane towards Clayton. The Maggie
L. was one of the last commercial ships to sail on Lake Ontario
and the Upper St.
(Photo's by Carol Kozin)
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Mooring block donated
by
1000 Islands Ready Mix Concrete |
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R J Marine Associates LTD's
Landing craft with morring block. |
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| Morring block being deployed. |
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| Block on Site. |
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| Temporary holding buoy. |
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