The SS President was a British passenger liner that was the world’s largest ship when it was commissioned in 1840,…
Author: Kathy Dowsett
Kathy Dowsett
Kathy is the owner of Kirk Scuba Gear, a passionate Scuba Diver, Ocean Advocate and Managing Editor of The Scuba News Canada
Annapolis was sold to the British Columbia Artificial Reef Society in 2008. On April 4, 2015, she was sunk as…
Celebrating Canada’s Wooden Pleasure Boat Heritage – Part 3 In Part One of this series we explored the start of…
Eugenie Clark, (born 1922) a trailblazing marine biologist who worked tirelessly to change public perception of sharks and preserve marine…
Saltwater Sean is an ocean explorer and steward of the waters off the coast of Nova Scotia. Sean has been…
Connor Brown, 26, was working as a diver on the Diver City motorboat in 2018 as part of a three-person…
The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, in collaboration with Neptune & Salacia Diving, Swim Drink Fish, Sandy…
World Turtle Day® on May 23, 2022, is sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue. Prepare for a flurry of activity on…
Many people, including non-divers, are fascinated by the story of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which remains one of naval…
Freediver Johanna Nordblad attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice with one breath in this documentary.…
All funds raised will be used to replace, upgrade, or repair SOS buoy markers in Picton Lake, Ontario.We also have…
West Street Boat Launch and Shore Dive The Kingston Pump House Museum is right next to the boat launch on…
Increased observations of Moon Jellyfish In Alaska have been attributed to warmer ocean temperatures and abundant food in the form…
The long-awaited, authoritative, and shocking history of the SS Atlantic, Nova Scotia’s worst shipwreck, written by the vessel’s acknowledged authority.…
The Alberta Underwater Council is proud to present Divescapes Conference and Exhibition POSTPONED UNTIL OCT 28/29,2022 at the River Cree…
It’s time to get in the pool. Registration for the AIDA Pool World Championship Burgas 2022 is now open to all interested…
About a Moulin A moulin (or glacier mill) is a well-like, roughly circular, vertical (or nearly vertical) shaft within a…
The 104 year old shipwreck of the famous Iron Scow is inching its way to the edge. Last week a…
The Wolfe Islander II was a ferry that ran between Kingston, Ontario and Wolfe Island, Ontario, from 1946 until 1975,…
TVO Original TRIPPING the Bruce, premiered April 15, 2022 at 7 p.m. ET on TVO, TVO.org, YouTube, and TVO channels…
Mike McAllister hoped that if he ignored an item about this that appeared in his news feed over a year…
The arrival of spring in Canada means that power boats and water sports will soon grace the waterways. Not every…
Sean, a freediver in the Halifax area, has been chosen as the Local Hero for April 2022! Sean is a…
Near Russell Island, the Philo Scoville was trapped in a severe wind. Her rigging collapsed when she was forced to…
Built in 1848 in Portsmouth, Ontario, the Comet is a 337-ton twin paddle wheel steamer. She was propelled by two…
Ice pancakes, a rare phenomenon that creates icy circles in the water, appeared in Lake Ontario, just west of Toronto.…
The BC RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT) was asked to assist the Nunavut RCMP with a workplace accident in January…
Background Scuba-Fix started out as a backyard project by a bunch of passionate divers who also happen to be engineers.…
The Mapledawn is a steel freighter in 15-25′ of water, known for having a quadruple expansion engine, and has some…
Jill Heinerth, an underwater explorer, has explored submerged mines, caves, shipwrecks, and other breathtaking natural phenomena in every province and…
Lasse, one of our Danish divers using SUE to uncover more flaps and ailerons of the Halifax. Halifax 57 Rescue…
Mac-Craft Inc. began manufacturing top-of-the-line mahogany speedboats in Wallaceburg, Ontario in 1939. On January 3, 1941, Mac-Craft was awarded a…
Ice volcanoes can be fascinating to observe, but keep a safe distance. They have brittle peaks and are dangerous to…
Jill Heinerth, a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, has joined the ranks of James Cameron and…
Chris Foisey began 2022 with a dive at Humber Park with six other dive buddies on a snowy day. We’ll…
For the Ocean Sea Shepherd Education is about connecting teachers, students and future ocean warriors with the work Sea Shepherd…
Kirk Krack is a sought-after professional. The now Campbell River native (originally from Saskatchewan) has instructed world-famous actors and world…
Have you always wanted to explore the historic wrecks of the Fathom Five National Marine Park?Then the PADI Wreck Diver…
In the Canadian province of New Brunswick, there is a cable ferry called the Gondola Point Ferry. The ferry travels…
Many books on scuba diving/maritime disasters have been published over the course of time, almost since the beginning of the…
The CBC’s Azzo Rezori talks to Harbour Grace mayor Terry Barnes about the SS Kyle. The SS Kyle is a…
Jill interviews Dr. Richard Harris, the brave cave diver and physician who was instrumental in rescuing the young Thai soccer…
The car ferry ship MS Chi-Cheemaun caught fire deep in the ship’s boiler room in the early hours of March…
The Tett Centre and site have a long history, dating back to the 1840s. The buildings were once owned by…
The Endurance22 expedition has arrived in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea to look for Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance. The contemporary adventure is…