New SOS Website RFP
SOS has recognized that this website requires upgrades that will align it with current technology in terms of accessibility, responsiveness, mobility and e-commerce opportunities. In addition, the design requires updating and restructuring..
SOS Ottawa Research Report the Wreck of the Weehawk 2009
From the shore an onlooker can see the exposed, rusty skeleton of a sunken ship, jutting out from the Gallop Canal at the entrance of what was referred to as Lock 28. Lock 28, now buried, is located at the end of Gallop Canal road in the township of Edwardsburg/Cardinal, Ontario. All that remains of this ship is half of the hull, mostly
composed of wood and iron, tipped over on its side..
SOS Ottawa Survey Conestoga 1988
On May 21, 1922, the wooden propeller driven steamship CONESTOGA burned and sank, 9 meters beneath the St. Lawrence River, just west of Cardinal Ontario. Since the hull interior is still intact and readily accessible, the vessel proved excellent material for research into great lakes, wooden, steam-freighter construction techniques.
SOS Peterborough Survey Stone Lodge Wreck Survey 1985
The following report outlines the work carried out on the Stone Lodge Wreck in Sturgeon Lake at Pleasant Point under archaeological license 84-22. The personnel for the project were drawn from the Trident Marine Conservationists of the Trident Underwater Club Inc. of Peterborough. The bulk of the work was done during the winter months of 1984 with one other dive in April and one in November. The work consisted of measurement and photography of the site.
Scanning the Great Lakes
The Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications (Marine Archaeology Unit) and Save Ontario Shipwrecks (SOS), along with invited delegates, gathered in Windsor on January 27th, 1990 to discuss the implications of the use of technology from a preservation and promotion point of view.
Discover Our Marine Heritage
Shipwrecks pose a special problem to many archaeologists because of their inaccessibility. this has led to a special relationship between recreational diving groups like SOS and professional archaeologists.
The archaeologist can use the skills of the diver to record and interpret a shipwreck.
SOS Bylaw #2
2006-04-10
The Board of Directors may from time to time enact by-laws relating in any way to SOS or to the conduct of its affairs, including but not limited to by-laws providing for applications for supplementary letters patent, and may from time to time by way of by-law amend, repeal or re-enact the by-laws and any such by-law shall be sanctioned by the members and become effective in accordance with the Act.
SOS Bylaw #3: Accompanying Resolution
1) Motion Concerning the Composition of the Board (ref: By-Law No. 2, Section 4.
2) Motion Concerning Quorum for Meetings of the Board of Directors (ref: By-law No. 2,
Section 15)
3) Motion Concerning Standing Committees
Summary of Marine Heritage Consultations
Phase I: Proposed heritage cultural value criteria for assessing all marine archaeological sites
Phase II: Licensing
Phase III: Standards & Guidelines
Phase IV: Outreach Development
Phase V: Information Technology Development
Low Impact Diving
Low Impact Diving refers to having minimal contact a site. It is an effective procedure to help preserve historic sites. Impact has an immediate and long-term negative effect.
There are two key aspects to consider: – proper buoyancy control, and not to touch or remove artifacts from a site
SOS Happy Birthday – 10 Anniversary – 1991 10
SOS Ottawa’s John Ratcliffe was able to share a PDF of the 10th Anniversary of SOS.
