<...a sea kayaking fatality on Lake Superior. Does anyone have any information?> Chuck: I talked to Don Dimond last week. There was apparently a kayaking fatality near Thunder Bay earlier this year. A paddler drowned while attempting to cross from Chippewa Park to Pie Island, about a 7-mile crossing, in heavy seas. What was the second death on Lake Michigan (not the Polish paddler)? There are two paddlers attempting to cross from Chicago to Benton Harbor this weekend. -Andy Knapp *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:19 PM 9/5/98 -0400, Andy Knapp wrote: >I talked to Don Dimond last week. There was apparently a kayaking fatality >near Thunder Bay earlier this year. A paddler drowned while attempting to >cross from Chippewa Park to Pie Island, about a 7-mile crossing, in heavy >seas. I hadnt heard about that. I will be going to Thunder Bay next week to intercept my new kayak. I will try to dredge up some more details on this if you havent already. Speaking of Lake Superior, here are some interesting pages for the shipwreck-inclined, or anyone who is interested in what the puddle is capable of. http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/ship.html http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Shipwrecks/Lucerne/final.html And if you havent had your fill of the Fitz http://www.oakland.edu/boatnerd/mhsd/publications/glswr/efitz.htm http://www.ships-service.com/fitz/report.html http://www.ships-service.com/fitz/fact04.html http://www.ships-service.com/fitz/fact05.html But if you think that's bad, read about the "Mataafa Blow" of 1905. Yikes. http://www.oakland.edu/~ncschult/mhsd/photogallery/rdgtown.htm September can be a tad dicey too. 1905 just wasnt a good year around here. http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Shipwrecks/Pretoria/final.html http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Shipwrecks/Sevona/final.html October anyone? http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/ely/elydwe.html And May... http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/hesper/hesper.html Or June http://www.dted.state.mn.us/ebranch/mhs/prepast/mnshpo/ship/niagara/niadwe.h tml July and August are usually pretty calm though. ;-) Wayne *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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