Great Lakes Scuba Diving

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Right off our doorstep in Buffalo NY lies a museum of shipwrecks from a bygone era. The Great Lakes & St Lawrence were once bustling with ships of all types and sizes. Lake Erie in particular was heavily traveled, as it connected the east with the mid-west at a time when railroad lines were short, and roads were nonexistent. For cities like Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit, Lake Erie was its lifeblood. The mid to late 1800’s was a treacherous period of maritime disasters. There was little in the way of navigational equipment, and no early warning of unexpected storms. Due largely to the shallowness of Lake Erie, many a ship met her fate in unexpected gales and heavy seas. The glory days of lake commerce are a gone, apart from the occasional lake freighter or fishing trawler. Today, we pay respect to the maritime history in a special way; by visiting many of the ships lost. Some are well-preserved museum pieces, some show evidence of the mighty lake’s wrath, but all tell a story. We’ve been telling the stories for years, come and experience them for yourself.