recovered Photo Gallery by Kim at pbase.com

In August 2006, three of us travelled to Rimouski to dive the Empress of Ireland.

These are some shots taken over the 3 days of diving the Empress of Ireland. We had three calm days - on the third day the water was eerily flat with some swells. But the visibility was much better than last year.

I dove with Andre and Greg during the first two dives - a trip to the bow and a trip to the stern. On the third day, I elected to dive with Dany St-Cyr to get a tour of the Grand Staircase (or what is left of it), the lifeboat, a return to the bow for a photo of the letters and back to the midship buoy, where we found Greg just hanging around.

Winches on the deck	A plaque to the memory of those who lost their life in this disaster - note the boot!!	A plaque to the memory of those who lost their life diving this wreck	A plaque to the memory of those who lost their life diving this wreck
A plaque to the memory of those who lost their life diving this wreck			Greg and Andre on the zodiac after their first Empress dive!!

	A basket star has attached itself to the wreck	Copper piping
		A peek inside the wreck
Teak decking			Greg on the Empress
What is left of the "Grand Staircase"
What is left of the "Life Boat"	A set of stairs which was originally leading from one deck to another on the outside of the boat		Dany St-Cyr diving the Empress
3 Portholes near the bow	The letter "R" of Empress of Ireland
		Greg at the midship buoy

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Guest		04-Jul-2007 19:55
Thanks you very much for sharing these pictures with us ! Merci beaucoup !

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