Below is a press relaese for Shipwrecks/2015. Due to their normal weekend falling on Easter, the show is running almost a month later than normal. The web site is now up and running.

SHIPWRECKS/2015

WELLAND, ONTARIO—(45 Minutes from Buffalo, 75 Minutes from Toronto)The Niagara Divers’ Association will present its 21st Annual Shipwrecks Symposium on Saturday, May 2, 2015. This one-day symposium on shipwrecks will feature multimedia presentations with internationally renowned speakers from both the United States and Canada. $44 CDN / US up to January 26, 2015; $49 CDN / US January 27 – March 17, 2015; $54 CDN / US after March 17, 2015; / lunch included.This year, we are very excited to have eight primary multimedia presentations including:

Ric Mixter: Master of Ceremonies & Story Teller

Geoff Barker / Linda Preston: Shipwrecks of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Tony Gramer: Doomed for Disaster – Loss of the Schooner William Young

Walter Lewis: Survivors – The Great Storm of 1913

Kevin Magee: Railroaded – The Wreck of the Schooner Plymouth

Jonathan Moore: The Discovery of HMS Erebus

Brian Nadwidny: Environmental Time Bomb – The USAT Brig, Gen. Zalinski

Ralph Wilbanks: D-Day’s Sunken Secrets & H. L. Hunley – The World’s First Successful Attack Submarine

Again for 2015, there will be several 5-minute shorts between the primary presentations introducing new speakers, and featuring several new discoveries.

On-line registration now available.

Pre-registration required: for more information contact
<infoshipwrecks@niagaradivers.com>, or view our web site at
http://www.niagaradivers.com