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A.E. Vickery

New York, United States
Depth25–110 ft (7.6–33.5 m)
AccessBoat
Cert LevelOpen Water for the shallow shoal/bow; Advanced/technical for the deeper stern and masts.
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The wreck of the schooner A.E. Vickery, which struck a shoal near Rock Island Lighthouse and sank on 15-16 August 1889, on the US side of the St. Lawrence River near Clayton in the Thousand Islands. One of the most popular dives on the river: a buoy line leads down through a swift surface current to the shoal head at 25-30 feet, with the bow near 65 feet, the stern dropping over a ledge to about 110 feet, and broken masts trailing into the channel to roughly 180 feet.

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Depth Range7.6m – 33.5m
CertificationOpen Water for the shallow shoal/bow; Advanced/technical for the deeper stern and masts.
GearDrysuit or thick wetsuit, light, reel/SMB; redundant gas for deeper profiles.
HazardsStrong surface current at the shoal head, deep ledge and channel (to ~110-180 ft) for those venturing beyond the recreational portion, cold fresh water, channel boat traffic.
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