The night dive was really different for me, having never done it before. It was very peaceful, compared to diving in the daytime. There were 5 of us diving together, so with 5 lights on at once, we could actually see quite a bit. There was a large patch of weeds, that we kinda "flew over" and it was home to some really big fish.
The wreck we dove on was the Muscallonge. It is broken in two on the bottom, with only the bow section still visible. It's tipped slightly to one side, making it easier to look down on the deck. Unfortunately, due to the depth, we couldn't stay long, and the current at that location was pretty severe. The 5 of us doing a saftey stop at 15 ft., looked like flags in the wind, as we hung off the marker buoy. I found this history of the wreck:
Muscallonge
This steamer was originally lauched at Port Huron, Michigan April 23, 1896 named Vigilant. In 1913 she was renamed Musallonge. She was 128 ft. x 24.5 ft. x 12 ft. beam and 372 tons. While towing the barge Hudson with a cargo of crude oil from Montreal to Toronto on August 15, 1936 she caught fire while approaching Brockville. Attempts to save her with a fire pumper from Brockville failed as the Muscallonge's fuel tanks exploded. The "Muskie" now sits at a depth of nearly 100 feet on a firm clay bottom, about 300 feet off the Brockville shoreline, perpendicular to the shore.
There are several other wrecks in the area, and eventually, I would like to see them all.
http://www.1000islands.com/diving/wrecks.htm
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