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This site describes the steam-era wreck sites of a mountainous region on the upper Columbia River basin in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. If you are interested in diving, archaeology and well-preserved wrecks, this site tells will give you a glimpse of a 10-year project by a small group of diving enthusiasts and historians. Four sites are described in detail, with surveys and photographs.

 

The Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia

Shipwreck Protection in British Columbia

Why So Many Wrecks?

Diving Conditions in the West Kootenay District

Underwater Search and Survey Methods

Regional Overview of Finds to Date

Descriptions and Photographs of Four Sites

Further Information

Prepared by
John Pollack
john_pollack@telus.net
and the Underwater Archaeological Society of B.C.

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