Quote: (Originally Posted by Deep Thought)
Would enjoy some more post of other wrecks, or your favorite wrecks in the Great Lakes.
This stren section belongs to the wreck of the Forest City. The image was taken by Warren Lo using a housed digital SLR camera, wide angle lens with a dome port lens and dual 125 Ikelite strobes approximately 3 feet to either side of the camera. His work is featured on his website
www.warrenlophotography.com.
I put down my camera this year to focus on learning the CCR.
The Forest City WRECK INFO - Courtesy of Warren Lo Photography:
Ship Type: 3 Masted Schooner converted to steamer
Lifespan: Built 1870, Sunk 1904
Length: 213ft
Depths: 60ft to 150ft
Location: Tobermory, Ontario
GPS: N45 18.909 W081 33.422
This wreck lies just off the north east shore of Bear's Rump Island, outside of the harbour at Tobermory. The Forest City is one of the deeper wrecks in Tobermory. The wreck lies at an angle on a slope, with it's bow at about 60 feet, and it's stern in deeper waters down at 150 feet. As such, it is typically considered and advanced to a technical dive. A 3 masted schooner, it was originally launched in Cleveland in 1870 and subsequently converted to a steamer. In June of 1904, it struck the island going full steam while in dense fog. The wreck is fairly intact as it lies in relatively deep water. The boilers are at about 120 feet, with the railing near 140 feet.