GLIN==> Press release: Forensic Weather Forecaster, Maritime Specialists, Underwater Explorer Present April 13 in Dunkirk, NY

PRESS RELEASE: March 20, 2013
Contact: Series Coordinator Lynette Lundy-Beck: 315-646-1000 x203:
Great Lakes Seaway Trail President/CEO Mike Bristol: 315-646-1000 x202
Publicist Kara Lynn Dunn, 315-465-7578, karalynn at gisco.net
 
Link to this release:
http://www.seawaytrail.com/Press_Room/2013/press130320blue-byway.php
 
Forensic Weather Forecaster, Maritime Specialists, Underwater Explorer
Present April 13 in Dunkirk, NY
 
Great Lakes Seaway Trail, Dunkirk, NY ­ A forensic weather forecaster, an
underwater explorer dubbed the Great Lakes Seaway Trail ŒJacques Cousteau of
shipwrecks,¹ an historical archaeologist, coastal recreation specialist,
charter captain, and Erie Maritime Museum staff and volunteers are on the
power-packed agenda for the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Blue Byway Seminar set
for April 13 at the Clarion Conference Center and Marina in Dunkirk, NY.
 
This is the first time the nonprofit Seaway Trail, Inc. has brought its
Great Lakes Seaway Trail Underwater Series to the Lake Erie region.

Robert ŒBob¹ Hamilton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at
Buffalo, NY, is noted for presenting his research of the meteorological
conditions that have impacted historic events, including shipwrecks. He
presented his study of the weather influencing the time of the foundering of
the 18th century British warship HMS Ontario at the Great Lakes
Meteorological Operational Workshop in Chicago in 2012.

Underwater explorer and engineer Jim Kennard, dubbed the ŒJacques Cousteau
of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail,¹ has been featured in such publications
National Geographic and Sea Technology magazines for the 200-plus rare and
historic shipwrecks he has discovered in numerous waters in his 40-year
diving exploration career. His discovery of the HMS Ontario is considered an
underwater Holy Grail.

Historical archaeologist Douglas J. Pippin, Ph.D., State University of New
York at Oswego, has studied the provisioning and frontier economy of the
British military and displaced Loyalists during the American Revolution. His
fieldwork includes digs at historic Fort Haldimand on the St. Lawrence River
and at Loyalist settlements in the Exuma Islands in the Bahamas.

Dive the Seaway Trail and the Discover Clean & Safe Boating campaign are
among the public education initiatives developed by New York Sea Grant
Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist Dave White. He is a BoatUS
Foundation Environmental Leadership Commendation award-winner and, in spring
2012, was among the invitation-only guests at the White House Community
Leaders Briefing on the Great Lakes Region.

Captain Jeff Garnsey is a third generation fishing guide in Clayton, NY,
where his family has resided for nine generations. A deck hand at age 10, he
later joined the U.S. Naval Submarine Service. After 26 years of duty, Jeff
retired to operate Garnsey¹s Classic Island Cruises for anglers and those
who just want to see the beauty of the 1000 Islands region of the Great
Lakes Seaway Trail. His family history includes a bit of rumrunning during
Prohibition.
 
Erie Maritime Museum Education Programs Coordinator Linda Bolla has been
affiliated with the U.S. Brig Niagara, and Erie Maritime Museum since its
inception. She has helped design, create, and develop the Museum¹s permanent
exhibits, public events, and interpretive and educational programs, most
recently a seven-part Newspapers in Education series in the Erie Times News
and the Museum¹s current West Wing Gallery exhibit, The Erie-Extension
Canal: Gateway to the Great Lakes.

Ed Bolla has volunteered with the U.S. Brig Niagara and Erie Maritime Museum
for more than 25 years.  He currently serves with the Museum's Education
Committee and as coordinator of Living History Programming. He has helped
design and develop Museum exhibits and the current Guide Training Program.
Over the years Ed has given presentations on the Battle of Lake Erie and
other aspects of the U.S. Navy in the War of 1812 at historic sites and
history conferences in both the United States and Canada.

The April 13 day-long program agenda also includes a presentation on scuba
diving and the fascinating collection of Lake Erie shipwrecks.

Pre-registration for the event is requested by April 10, 2013; the $50
pre-registration admission includes lunch; walk-ins, as space allows, $65.
Register online at www.seawaytrail.com/bluebyway or call 315-646-1000 x203.
 
This program is part of the Great Lakes Underwater Series. 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. Maritime heritage-rich destinations on the byway
include the Erie, PA, Bayfront, 30 historic lighthouses, Niagara Falls, the
Inner Harbors at Buffalo, Rochester, the 1000 Islands, and the St. Lawrence
Seaway. Learn more at www.seawaytrail.com. -30-
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