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Scuba Features Diving the Tunstall
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Tunstall Wreck Dive – Covehead, Prince Edward Island

The steamer, Tunstall, owned by the Black Diamond Line, was carrying coal from Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Montreal, Quebec, when it sank after being crushed in the ice off Covehead. The Tunstall was built in 1879 and sank on May 11, 1884.  All the men aboard the Tunstall made it safely ashore and the wreck is now a popular site in Prince Edward Island for scuba divers.

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Event News Terry Irvine
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Save Ontario Shipwrecks AGM

Register today to attend the Save Ontario Shipwrecks AGM! We have a jam packed weekend full of exciting updates about S.O.S., some world class presentations by two gentlemen that will be sure to inspire you, and three workshops. All workshops count towards your NAS 3 rating! Register for the workshops at www.saveontarioshipwrecks.ca/catalog/events . There is no fee to attend the AGM, however workshops do have a fee of $50.00.

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Community News Red Sea Explorers
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A New Shipwreck for Advanced Technical Divers in the Red Sea

Following a trustworthy fisherman’s lead, on the 21st & 22nd of January 2018, the Red Sea Exlporers’ team ventured into the deep waters near Gubal Island in search of an unknown wreck. Due to heavy currents, poor visibility, the estimated depth of the wreck and not to mention the ship traffic in the channel above, we anticipated it to be a tricky dive and indeed it was.

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Scuba Features Klaus
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Top Tips: Photographing the Subic Wrecks

I recently had a great time photographing the wrecks of Subic Bay on the west coast of Luzon, in the north of the Philippines. The bay used to be the location of a US naval base, and it has wrecks from the Spanish-American war, from WWII, and scuttled American ships and planes from the area afterwards. It’s quite a playground for the wreck-diving aficionado and underwater photographer.

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Scuba Features Canadiana
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Shooting Up the Canadiana

It is the early summer of 1943 and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is well into its fourth year of existence. Potential air crews from across the Commonwealth are gathered and training is in high gear producing well-trained crews capable of contributing to the war effort. Across Canada the skies are filled with the droning sounds of training aircraft of many types.

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