Explore the hidden history of Canada's first capital city through its numerous shipwrecks. Dive into the depths of Lake Ontario and discover remnants of the 19th century, including the iconic Comet steamer.
Whenever I told anyone about my weekend plans to go scuba diving in Kingston – “ Canada , not Jamaica,” I would clarify – I was met with an incredulous “Why?”
I was set to explore an 1848-built steamer ship named Comet. It sank “not once, not twice but three times!” my diving instructor Guillaume Courcy, a wealth of information on Kingston’s 19th-centry shipwreck lore, told me on the way. Courcy started waterfront diving companyThe best shipwrecks, he says, are the deeper ones. At the Comet, the dive can go to a maximum of 85 feet, while the City of Sheboygan can get to 105 feet.
Clinging to a rope, I went down more than 60 feet, sinking into the darkness until my toes almost touched the ship’s deck – and was transported to another time, as fish swarmed around the wreck’s massive 32-foot paddle wheel. Though it is illegal now, artifacts were once removed from shipwrecks in the area, and can now be seen at the, which a group of local divers established in 1975. Courcy and other divers such as Matt Charlesworth are keeping up this tradition of spotlighting Kingston’s 19th-century maritime industrial history while trying to limit damage to the sites.Neptune and Salacia
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