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  • Nº14 # Date: 2013-09-02 - 14:28
  • # Max Depth: 16m Duration: 44mins
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Fun Dive #5

Explored the wreckage of the Charles P. Minch

- Saw steering wheel and centreboard
- Cruised the rock shoreline
- Saw crawfish, lake bass

The Charles P. Minch was built in Vermillion, Ohio in 1867. The 150 ft schooner ran aground when headed for Chicago with a load of lumber. Today, the wreckage is scattered across Tecumseh Cove, where it sank in October 1898, resting at a depth ranging from 6-16 meters.

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  • Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 17°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck
  • Visibility: Good Water: Fresh
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  • Weights: 10.4 kg
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Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 (Smallmouth bass) Inhabit shallow rocky areas of lakes, clear and gravel-bottom runs and flowing pools of rivers, cool flowing streams and reservoirs fed by such streams . Young feed on plankton and immature aquatic insects while adults ta...
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