GLIN==> Press release: Great Lakes Seaway Trail Blue Byway Seminar April 13 for Divers and 1812 History Buffs

PRESS RELEASE: March 12, 2013: 4/10 registration deadline
Contact: Series Coordinator Lynette Lundy-Beck: 315-646-1000 x203:
Great Lakes Seaway Trail President/CEO Mike Bristol: 315-646-1000 x202

Photo available: Publicist Kara Lynn Dunn, 315-465-7578, karalynn at gisco.net
 
Great Lakes Seaway Trail Blue Byway Seminar April 13 for Divers and 1812
History Buffs
 
Sackets Harbor and Dunkirk, NY ­ The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Blue Byway
Seminar set for April 13 at the Clarion Conference Center and Marina in
Dunkirk, NY, features the worlds of forensic weather forecasting, shipwrecks
and underwater exploration, maritime history, and coastal recreation,
including diving and paddlesports.
 
Sponsored by the nonprofit Seaway Trail, Inc. in partnership with New York
Sea Grant, this day-long event highlights the freshwater and land-based
travel opportunities found only on the 518-mile Great Lakes Seaway Trail
National Scenic Byway along the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara
River and Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. Popular touring themes for
the byway include maritime history, coastal recreation, lighthouses, nature,
cultural heritage, architecture, agriculture, and military history,
particularly of the War of 1812.
 
Presenters at the 9:00am-4:00pm event include:
·      National Weather Service Forecaster Robert Hamilton speaking on
historic weather conditions on Lake Ontario that influenced a diverse
collection of shipwrecks

·      Underwater explorer Jim Kennard presenting the details of his
discovery of the HMS Ontario, a 22-gun sloop of water that sank in Lake
Ontario in 1780

·      Diving Lake Erie Shipwrecks; speaker TBA

·      Historical archaeologist Dr. Douglas J. Pippin, Ph.D., of the State
University of New York at Oswego, providing details on digs at Fort
Haldimand on Carlton Island in the St. Lawrence River

·      New York Sea Grant Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist Dave
White talking about new and future tools and apps for boaters, canoeists and
kayakers based on the Great Lakes Observing System

·      Charter Captain Jeff Garnsey sharing stories of his grandfather who
was a St. Lawrence River rumrunner during Prohibition

·      Erie Maritime Museum Living History Programming Coordinator and U.S.
Brig Niagara volunteer Ed Bolla presenting The Battle of Lake Erie and The
Building of Perry¹s Fleet

·      Erie Maritime Museum Education Programs Coordinator Linda Bolla on
The Fabric of Time: Two Iconic Flags from the War of 1812.

The $50 admission includes lunch; walk-ins, as space allows, $65. Register
online at www.seawaytrail.com/dive or call 315-646-1000 x203.
Pre-registration is requested by April 10, 2013.
 
This program is part of the Great Lakes Underwater Series events. The Great
Lakes Seaway Trail is a 518-mile National Scenic Byway that offers unique
land and water travel opportunities along Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake
Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River. Learn more at www.seawaytrail.com. -30-
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