The Next Great Scuba Diving Destination: The Great Lakes Seaway Trail

• Hundreds of shipwrecks spanning two and a half centuries • Pristine freshwater diving conditions  • Dives for all level of experience • The fresh water of Lake Erie, Niagara River, and Lake Ontario • Fine charter and dive services Trailwide • Uncrowded waters • Visibility up to 40 feet at a depth of 110 feet • New York’s 1st Underwater Cultural Site in Lake Ontario

 “Scuba divers are quickly discovering that this region (Seaway Trail) provides some of the best fresh water diving in the world” — Phil Church, Oswego Maritime Foundation

NIAGARA RIVER — The River’s currents (negligible to about 8 mph) are perfect for drift diving. You’ll find ample parking at Isle View Park in Tonawanda and you can dive from shore.

LAKE ERIE — “One of the most extraordinary collections of (submerged) wooden ships in North America” - Arthur B Cohn, director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, talking about the area of eastern Lake Erie known as the Quadrangle site of many shipwrecks. At least one Lake Erie wreck is scheduled to join the Seaway Trail submerged cultural dive sites trail according to David White, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, New York Sea Grant, Oswego. Divers have been known to enter the water from the Lake Erie Seaway Trail Center shoreline.

North East Dive News feature story on Seaway Trail dives An MSNBC feature on dive sites along the Trail The Seaway Trail Diving Fact Sheet Dive the Seaway Trail: resources from the Seaway Trail and New York State Sea Grant  The Wreck of the David W. Mills in Lake Ontario Lake Erie Shipwreck Pages

Diving the Seaway Trail on YouTube  Part 1  Part 2