April 3, 2013 -- Freediver Sam Genco has been added to the Great
Lakes Seaway Trail Blue Byway Seminar taking place 9am-4pm on Saturday, April
13, 2013, at the Clarion Conference Center and Marina in Dunkirk, NY. Genco
will talk about the wide variety of Lake Erie diving, snorkeling and freediving
adventures available to people of all ages and experience levels.
Genco is a noted freediver in the Niagara
River/Lake Erie area of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail region that parallels 518
miles of freshwater shoreline in New York and Pennsylvania. He is a US Coast
Guard-licensed Captain and a former Captain with Osprey Charters out of
Barcelona, NY.
This is the first time the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail underwater history and tourism program series has come to the Lake Erie
region, and the first program in the series to feature a presentation on snorkeling
and freediving.
Freediving does not involve the use of scuba
tanks or other breathing devices. Genco, who has been scuba diving since 1983,
is well-known for his freediving on Lake Erie shipwrecks that are deeper than
some divers have seen using scuba gear.
Other presenters at the day-long event that
highlights maritime heritage travel opportunities along the 518-mile Great
Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway that parallels Lake Erie in New York
and Pennsylvania, and the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River in
New York include:
·
Underwater explorer Jim Kennard
presenting the details of his discovery of the HMS Ontario, a 22-gun sloop of
water that sank in Lake Ontario in 1780
·
National Weather Service Forecaster
Robert Hamilton speaking on historic weather conditions on Lake Ontario that
influenced the wreck of the HMS Ontario
·
Historical archaeologist Dr. Douglas J.
Pippin, Ph.D., of the State University of New York at Oswego, providing details
on ship building at the British-held Fort Haldimand on Carlton Island
·
New York Sea Grant Coastal Recreation and
Tourism Specialist Dave White talking about new and future tools and apps for
boaters, canoeists and kayakers based on the Great Lakes Observing System
·
St. Lawrence River Charter Captain Jeff
Garnsey sharing stories of his grandfather who was a rumrunner during
Prohibition
·
Erie Maritime Museum Education Programs
Coordinator Linda Bolla on The Fabric of Time: Two Iconic Flags from the War of
1812
·
Erie Maritime Museum Living History
Programming Coordinator and U.S. Brig Niagara volunteer Ed Bolla presenting The
Battle of Lake Erie and The Building of Perry’s Fleet.
The $50 admission
includes lunch; walk-ins, as space allows, $65. Register online at www.seawaytrail.com/bluebyway
or call 315-646-1000 x203. Pre-registration is requested by April 10,
2013. #
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