“Last week we were diving in Lake Jocassee in South Carolina where some of the scenes from the 1972 film Deliverance were shot at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Duke Power dammed the area flooding the valley in 1973 to create a new power plant. Lake Jocassee is a 7500 acre reservoir about 50-400 feet deep. The cemetery is now 135 ft underwater and only the foundation of the church remains. There is a forest that’s pretty impressive on a sunny day. Descending to this area it gets very dark but the visibility is decent on the bottom. It’s extremely silty but it settles quickly. Here are a few images from one of the more prominent headstones of Silas Hinkle and a young 2 year old Doris. Lake Jocassee sits within Devils Fork State Park and attracts visitors from all over the world. Its a very scenic place with waterfalls and beautiful scenery. Thank you to everyone who made these dives possible.”
Above Article Submitted by Becky Kagan Schott
About Becky
Becky specializes in extreme underwater environments. She has 29 years of diving experience traveling all over the world and 26 years capturing imagery in submerged caves, deep wrecks, under ice and working with wildlife. She’s captured images of polar bears, leopard seals, walrus, penguins, whales dolphins & dozens of species of sharks. She’s explored virgin shipwrecks, repelled into caves in Mexico, filmed under ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. Recently she organized one of the first expeditions to scuba dive inside glaciers in Alaska for Seiko Watches. She is a technical diving Instructor certified to teach on several rebreathers through trimix. Her reputation for diving in challenging environments and being able to bring back exceptional work is showcased across major networks including National Geographic, Red Bull, and Smithsonian. Becky contributes to many magazines, books and other publications. She’s a sought after speaker and has presented for Museums, Universities and Conventions worldwide. Becky’s biggest passion is shooting haunting images of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, where she combines her artistic style with powerful stories of tragedy, mystery, and survival to ignite the viewers imagination which has captivated viewers worldwide.
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That flat headstone for Doris must have been a fairly recent discovery. I have been diving the graveyard since 1992 and never saw that one.