Community leaders and members of the public gathered to hear of the many possible benefits of establishing a National Marine Sanctuary for a southeastern portion of Lake Ontario. The presentation came from Jeff Grey, superintendent of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Michigan, the model for what Lake Ontario’s NMS would be based on. County Administrator Phil Church, who also serves as chairman on the National Marine Sanctuary Task Force, explained the unique opportunity the area has been given as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is accepting nominations to add new National Marine Sanctuaries around the world.
Today (Sept. 19) New York State Police officials announced the continuation of an upstate program to enhance state and local law enforcement’s capabilities to detect and interdict radiological material before it can be used in a weapon by would-be terrorists. The training exercise has been dubbed “Operation Steelhead.”
Award-winning author, free lance writer and photographer Susan Peterson Gateley, will share her work for the fourth Native Circle Touch the Earth Festival on May 28 at Mexico Point Park. Gateley is the author of eight books about Lake Ontario history and ecology.
One of the ghosts that beckon divers to the bottom of Lake Ontario is named “Getaway Gertie.” On Feb. 18, 1944 “Getaway Gertie,” a B-24 Liberator bomber went down in the lake somewhere between Nine Mile Point east of the Port City and Port Ontario. Despite the best efforts of many divers over the years, the plane and its crew of eight has never been found.
Edward Fillingham, of Henderson Harbor, was 75 in April 2009 when he launched his canoe despite extremely dangerous conditions and paddled 500 yards to save three boaters from the frigid waters of Lake Ontario. Rear Admiral Mike Parks, commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, described Fillingham as “a shining example of what we all strive to be, a lifesaver and a servant.”
Nine Oswego Maritime Foundation students and their two adult instructors are back safely on land after being rescued earlier this morning.
Noted shipwreck explorer Jim Kennard will present the “Deep Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario†on Friday, August 13 at 6:30pm and “More Wrecks of Lake Ontario†Saturday, August 14 at 10 am at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY.
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