Sugar Loaf Landing during logging days
Sugar Loaf Landing during logging days
Project: Underwater Logging Artifacts Survey
Place: Sugarloaf Cove (north of Palisades)
By
Randy Beebe
The
GLSPS provided several divers for an interesting day of helping survey the
bottom of the Sugar Loaf Cove on Saturday, June 5th, 2004.
In spite of rainy weather the group made two dives and completely covered
the bottom of the survey area. The group located and documented many interesting
underwater artifacts. These artifacts were left behind when they fell overboard during logging operations (see
feature article in Spring 2004 Newsletter issue). Randy
Beebe led the group’s participation to help Andrew Slade, the director of the
Sugar loaf Cove Interpretive Center.
GLSPS
divers included Jerry Erdmann and his wife, Gerry, Corey and Steve Daniel, Byron
Meyer, Jay Cole, Pete McConnell, Bill Wallace and some others.
Jay recorded the event on video to document the survey.
As divers found artifacts on the bottom, they reported in to Randy, who
marked their location on a large drawing of the cove.
The information will be helpful to other divers and historians visiting
the site and photos and maps will be on permanent display at the Sugar Loaf Cove
interpretive center.
Randy
was successful in acquiring a $103.00 grant from PADI to support the project.
The funds will be contributed to the GLSPS.
 Randy Beebe explains the plan for the survey
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 Pete McConnell provided surface support from his Zodiac.
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 Sugar Loaf survey group |
 One of the many artifacts located and documented |