semi local Isle Royal

[Captain Brian]

Bill, I think you are missing the whole picture on Isle Royale.  The wrecks, the diving, the food, the dive boat, the island itself, are all part of the experience.  I have dove the wrecks around Milwaukee and do agree that they are great dives.  The wrecks around Isle Royale are also fantastic dives.  They are both  dive sites that should be on every divers agenda.  As far as your comment on tech diving, all 3 charter operators for Isle Royale offer technical dive trips.  A majority of the trips to Isle Royale are recreational.  Most of the diving IS above 140'.  Even penetrating the engine room on the Emperor, around the back of the engine is only 138'.  These wrecks have so much to offer, it's a shame to down grade them.  We both run charter businesses and I think divers should be given the opportunity to experience the vast selection of diving the Great Lakes have to offer.

Brian L. Anderson

anderson@bevcomm.net