EMERALD BAY WATERTON  PARK EXTREME WEATHER DIVING GERTRUDE WRECK
Channel: Adventure Travel and Scuba
Date: 2020-11-26

The day started quite decent as I was on the way to Waterton National Park Alberta for a dive in Waterton Lake Emerald bay.  I  was meeting there with another diver that I have dived with before.  As I got closer to the park boundary weather started changing quite quickly and become cloudy, windy temperature dropped very fast and started to snow.  I Thought Mike has changed his mind when I have arrived there and he was not there yet.. During the drive he was ahead of me, but few minutes after he showed up and we were able to dive despite the conditions. The Temperature outside was probably around -14C and Water temperature -3C /-4C  As usual on this dive we have encountered quite a bit of life below the surface a lot of fish.

Waterton lake is a beautiful location near USA border in southern Alberta.  There is two different dive sites once is Cameron Bay just past the town campsite and that's my favorite dive site in Alberta.  The other on is Emerald Bay Wreck of the Gertrude just below Prince of Whales Hotel.

A popular spot for swimmers, kayakers and paddle boarders, Emerald Bay, Waterton, Alberta Canada is located south of Pincher Creek near the Canadian and U.S. border. This sheltered bay is a day use park where scuba divers can explore the wreck of Gertrude, an old logging boat that sank in the bay.

The Gertrude was a turn of the century steam paddle wheeler, and was deliberately scuttled in Emerald Bay in 1918, right behind the famous Prince of Wales hotel. She lies with her stern facing the shore and her bow in the middle of the bay. The Gertrude’s maximum depth is about 60 feet and the bow is buried in silt. As the winter ice moves the wreck year after year, the exact location of the wreck changes.

You can see as a diver; machinery, pistons, shafts, a big boiler and other items, including a small row boat from the wreck. Not a lot of marine life is present except some small fish located under the wreck. Much of the wreck has disintegrated— there is no planking left in many places, and SCUBA divers have caused a lot of this damage. Tauchers are advised not to touch the Gertrude to protect this wreck, as it is one of the few remaining wrecks in Alberta.

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Video Equipment used:
PANASONIC LUMIX G85 4K Mirrorless Camera, with 12-60mm Power O.I.S. Lens, Dual I.S. 2.0, 16 Megapixels, 3 Inch Touch LCD

Panasonic Micro Four Thirds Lens telephoto Zoom LUMIX G Vario 45-150mm F4.0-5.6 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Black H-FS45150-KA

Panasonic HH025 LUMIX G Lens, 25mm, F1.7 ASPH, Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds, Black

SMALLRIG Video Camera Cage for Panasonic Lumix DMC-G85 G80 Cameras – 1950

Neewer Portable Desktop Mini Tripod - Aluminum Alloy 20 inches/ 50 Centimeters with 360 Degree Ball Head, 1/4 inch Quick Shoe Plate for DSLR Camera Video Camcorder, Load up to 11 pounds/5 kilograms

Comica CVM-VM10II Full Metal Compact On Camera Cardioid Directional Mini Shotgun Video Microphone for for Canon Nikon Sony Panasonic Camera/DSLR/Smartphones etc with 3.5mm (Red)

DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone

Underwater Video Equipment:

Main Camera: GoPro Hero 8 Black
Deyard 60M Waterproof Case for GoPro Hero 8 Underwater Waterproof Protective Housing Case for GoPro Action Camera with Quick Release Mount and Thumbscrew
Snake River Prototyping GoPro underwater Tray with handles
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2 x Itorch Video Pro 6+ underwater Video Lights