Monday, September 16 – 2007
16:00 – 18:00
Dive Number 114
Start: 11:00
Roads: Dry / clear
Visibility: 24km
Temp: +08C
Water Temp: +10C
Area: Bridge Of Death, Welland, Ontario
Vehicle: Black Sunfire
Weather: Clear and Sunny
Visibility: 1m
Divers: Wolf, Chuck
Dive Wench(es): Tori, Lise
Maximum Depth: 4m
Plan: Not die
Locals say that the bridge on Niagara Street and River Bank road is rarely fished and never swam in. There are rumors of bad undertows as well.
We arrived at an old unused restaurant and kitted up and found a nice enter point down a bit of a slope and into the water along what may have been an old dock or wharf. There was a lot of debris and garbage. We swam around and got a maximum depth of 4m with very low visibility. There appeared to be a slight current here but the silt stirred up very, very easy. We swam towards the bridge and then along side it then up the other side. Nothing of real value or interest was found at this site however that could be due to the low visibility. Chuck did find a trailer license plate C10-49J (Ontario) still with the mounting hardware on it. We removed our gear and headed home. Lise and Tori were our dive wenches.
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Cheers for the post. You and your dive partner certainly explore the unknown. You’re like a Canadian Jaques Cousteau!
We need more Dive Wenches!
Why would it be called the Bridge Of Death? Did someone die there?
Love the name