In the fall we went to Lock 28 on what used to be the Gallop Canal. This was a canal near Cardinal Ontario that bypassed some rapids on the St. Lawrence River. I took a bunch of pictures at the time but forgot all about them until just last week. I was talking with one of my co-workers and the Gallop Canal came up. He is a scuba diver and has been to many of the wrecks on the St. Lawrence and I had mentioned that there was a small wreck at the Gallop Canal locks that I had been to visit. It wasn’t one he had been to before.
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- One of the two locks at Lock 28 on the Gallop Canal
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- This is part of the wreck of the Conestoga near Cardinal Ontario.
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- These are the east gates on one of the locks.
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- Wee Hawk wreck
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- Wee Hawk wreck
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- Wee Hawk wreck
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- Looking back east to the two locks. You can see the wreck on the right hand side of the Wee Hawk.
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- This appears to be an old pier at the west end of the locks.
At the time, I took a picture of a large metal object off in the distance to the east of where we were. It turns out that this is the wreck of the Conestoga and one of the dive sites my co-worker has been to before. He hasn’t been to the locks but there were two groups of divers there the same day we were. It might not be an “interesting” dive compare to the wreck of the Conestoga but the little tugboat wreck and the old locks might be interesting in a different way.
I enjoyed the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Conestoga is a great wreck dive. It is such shallow water that you should be able to see a lot of the trip by snorkle. Now that I have stoped diving I plan to go on a snorkle there with M.
can you help….looking for onfo on the ..tug boat named….cardinal…many tks..joe
Check this out!
http://ottawa.saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca/proj_weehawk.php
The Weehawk has a rich history!