Shipwrecks/2003

Shipwrecks/2003 was held Saturday, March 22, 2003 in the same Welland location.

The ninth annual symposium on Shipwrecks, organized by the Niagara Divers' Association, was held on Saturday, March 22, 2003 at Centennial High School in Welland, Ontario. This one-day event  featured nine primary and several short multi-media presentations on shipwrecks, ranging from recreational through to technical requirements, as well as expanding the history of a number of Great Lakes shipwrecks.

Due to circumstances beyond our control. Mr. Drew Trent (Oceaneering, Houston Texas) was unable to present  at our Shipwrecks/2003 Symposium. Mr. Trent's busy work schedule had him unexpectedly in Brazil . It was logistically impossible to bring him to Canada for our one day event.

Mr. Dennis Hale (author: Sole Survivor, Ohio)  agreed to present on short notice. Dennis is the Sole Survivor of the sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and told of the sinking, of his 38 hour ordeal aboard a life raft wearing only a pea coat and underwear and of his rescue from one of Lake Huron's worst November Storms. Dennis gave this presentation to a much smaller audience at Shipwrecks/97 but we have had requests for his return on our questionnaires every year since.

Dennis's presentation was complimented by Jim & Pat Stayer's (Out of The Blue Productions, Michigan) video "The Morrell".

	Bernie Chowdhury Norway:  "Wrecks of the Norwegian Arctic at Narvik"
	David Gilchrist Master of Ceremonies
	Dennis Hale Sole Survivor
	Dan Hall SINGER/SONGWRITER OF THE GREAT LAKES Stories of Great Lakes Ships and their gallant seaman are told in song.
	Terry Irvine & Jeff Post The Judge Hart
	Howard Robins British Columbia's Artificial Reef Project
	Jim & Pat Stayer A Look into the Bellies of  Great Lakes’ Whales & The Daniel J. Morrell
	David Trotter W.C.Franz Discovered
	Georgann and Mike Wachter Wreck of the C.B. Benson