Neptune: diving in Quebec

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Anticosti Island ?    Lake of 31 Miles 20-100'

Back Mine    Lake of Cerf 20-40'

Baie-Trinité 10-40'    Lake Orford 20-100'

Bergeronnes 20-60'    Lake Otis 20-40'

Cap-à-l’Aigle 20-60'    Lake Papineau 15-50m

Cap-Chat 15-20'    Lake Sacacomie 20-30m

Carleton 25'    Lake Simon 15-45'

Chandler 20-30'    Lake St-François 25-40'

Chisasibi 25-30'    Lake Stukely 30-45'

Empress of Ireland 80-140'    Lake Temiscamingue 75'

Flintkote Quarry 30-180'    Les Escoumins 20-90'

Forillon National Park 1-35m    Les Méchins 20-100'

Franquelin 20-40'    Magdalen Islands 6-100'

Germanicus 12-75'    Morrison Quarry 20-110'

Godbout 20-40'    Nipigon 110'

Havre St-Pierre 20-40'    Noyan 30'

Ivy 22'    Olympic Stadium Swimming Pool 15-45'

Îles de Boucherville 25'    Parc des Îles de St-Timothée 10-30'

Kahnawake Quarry 30-100'    Percé-Bonaventure Island 10-120'

Lake Beauport 12-75'    Pointe-au-Père 20-60'

Lake Blue Sea 20-40    Pointe-des-Cascades 15-18'

Lake Boily 75'    Pointe-des-Monts 10-40'

Lake Bowker 30-90'    Port-Daniel 15-40'

Lake Clair 30-80'    Ragueneau 20-40'

Lake des Piles 20-160'    Salaberry de Valleyfield 25-50'

Lake Kipawa 75'    Scotstown Quarry 40-100'

Lake Lauzon 75'    Sept-Îles 30-70'

Lake Lyster 20-40'    St-Anicet 35-60'

Lake Massawippi 15-260'    St-Ignace-du-Lac 20-40'

Lake Matapédia 60'    St-Pancrace 15-60'

Lake Memphremagog 5-100'    St-Pierre Point 6-45'

Lake Morgan 30-100'    St-Valère Quarry 20-35'

Associations

FQAS
Fédération québécoise des activités subaquatiques
(Quebec Underwater Activities Federation)

Dive charters

Action Scuba
dive shop offering all the services including charters located in Montreal (Pointe-Claire)

Centre de Plongée du Bas St-Laurent
dive shop offering all the services including charters

Centre Nautique de l’Istorlet
scuba diving at the Magdaleine Islands (Corps Mort dive site)

Club nautique de Percé
diving at Percé

Le Pélican
scuba diving in the Matane area

Les Explorateurs Sous-Marin
Valleyfield & lake St-François area

Marin-Aventure
diving charter operating for several destinations

Nepteau
dive shop offering all the services including charters located in Montreal

Scuba-Max
a scuba diving charter operating in Ontario on the St.Lawrence

Diver’s clubs

Aquadyne
YMCA Montreal

Aquanaute
located at Ste-Anne-des-Monts
(Paul-André Deschênes, 418-763-3391 ext. 106)

Aquarius
located at Tracy (Michel Abbott, 450-742-0580)

Calmar Alma
located at Alma

Club de Matane
located at Matane (Nicole Bélanger, 418-562-2093)

H2O Lanaudière
located at Lanaudière (contact Daniel Lecavalier)

Le Drakkar
located in Drummundville

Les Anémones Bleues
located at the Centre Claude Robillard at Montreal (contact Alain)

Les Baisers Blancs
ice scuba diving club

Les Diables des Mers
located in Eastern Townships

Les Huards de Fermont
located at Fermont (Richard Bernatchez, 418-287-5186)

Les Kakawis
located at Rivière-du-Loup (Simon Houle, 418-867-8883 ext.6430 ou email)

Les loups marins
located at Baie-Comeau

Les Pieds palmés de la Vallée
located at Amqui (Jacques Gaulin, 418-629-2999)

Les Plongeurs de la Gaspésie
located at New RIchmond (Alain Leblanc, 418-364-7668)

Ferries

Groupe C.T.M.A.
ferries Magdalen Islands, QCSouris, PEI &
Montreal, QCMagdalen Islands, QC

Rimouski - Forestville
Rimouski, QCForestville, QC

Traversiers du Québec
ferries across Quebec

Trois-Pistoles - Les Escoumins
Trois-Pistoles, QCLes Escoumins, QC

Museums

Musée de la mer
relates the tradegy which occured on may 29th 1914 at 1:20AM while the RMS Empress of Ireland went down with 1,012 passengers and all its personnel.

Musée Maritime du Québec
web site about Quebec Maritime Museum located at l’Islet-sur-Mer in the Bas St-Laurent

Parks

Sépaq
Quebec recreational society for chosing a park to visit or stay for a while

Rescue

Société de sauvetage
organism responsible for aquatic surveillance

Underwater archeology

Projets Phipps - Sauvetage
underwater archeology on the Cote-Nord (north shore of the St-Lawrence)

Video

PixNat
underwater video production

Water quality control

Eaux de baignade
report on the water quality of the public beach from the Environment Ministry of Quebec. And what about the zebra musle (in french)? and the role of the scuba divers (in french)?

Web sites of interest

Aqualog Magazine
a French web magazine (very long dowload time)

MNRF
Québec national parc policy about scuba diving

Plongée Mondiale
dive sites virtual library

Wildlife

Biologie marine
marine species identification guide

Dive sites	Depth	Dive sites	Depth
Anticosti Island	?	Lake of 31 Miles	20-100'
Back Mine		Lake of Cerf	20-40'
Baie-Trinité	10-40'	Lake Orford	20-100'
Bergeronnes	20-60'	Lake Otis	20-40'
Cap-à-l’Aigle	20-60'	Lake Papineau	15-50m
Cap-Chat	15-20'	Lake Sacacomie	20-30m
Carleton	25'	Lake Simon	15-45'
Chandler	20-30'	Lake St-François	25-40'
Chisasibi	25-30'	Lake Stukely	30-45'
Empress of Ireland	80-140'	Lake Temiscamingue	75'
Flintkote Quarry	30-180'	Les Escoumins	20-90'
Forillon National Park	1-35m	Les Méchins	20-100'
Franquelin	20-40'	Magdalen Islands	6-100'
Germanicus	12-75'	Morrison Quarry	20-110'
Godbout	20-40'	Nipigon	110'
Havre St-Pierre	20-40'	Noyan	30'
Ivy	22'	Olympic Stadium Swimming Pool	15-45'
Îles de Boucherville	25'	Parc des Îles de St-Timothée	10-30'
Kahnawake Quarry	30-100'	Percé-Bonaventure Island	10-120'
Lake Beauport	12-75'	Pointe-au-Père	20-60'
Lake Blue Sea	20-40	Pointe-des-Cascades	15-18'
Lake Boily	75'	Pointe-des-Monts	10-40'
Lake Bowker	30-90'	Port-Daniel	15-40'
Lake Clair	30-80'	Ragueneau	20-40'
Lake des Piles	20-160'	Salaberry de Valleyfield	25-50'
Lake Kipawa	75'	Scotstown Quarry	40-100'
Lake Lauzon	75'	Sept-Îles	30-70'
Lake Lyster	20-40'	St-Anicet	35-60'
Lake Massawippi	15-260'	St-Ignace-du-Lac	20-40'
Lake Matapédia	60'	St-Pancrace	15-60'
Lake Memphremagog	5-100'	St-Pierre Point	6-45'
Lake Morgan	30-100'	St-Valère Quarry	20-35'

Associations
FQAS	Fédération québécoise des activités subaquatiques (Quebec Underwater Activities Federation)
Dive charters
Action Scuba	dive shop offering all the services including charters located in Montreal (Pointe-Claire)
Centre de Plongée du Bas St-Laurent	dive shop offering all the services including charters
Centre Nautique de l’Istorlet	scuba diving at the Magdaleine Islands (Corps Mort dive site)
Club nautique de Percé	diving at Percé
Le Pélican	scuba diving in the Matane area
Les Explorateurs Sous-Marin	Valleyfield & lake St-François area
Marin-Aventure	diving charter operating for several destinations
Nepteau	dive shop offering all the services including charters located in Montreal
Scuba-Max	a scuba diving charter operating in Ontario on the St.Lawrence
Diver’s clubs
Aquadyne	YMCA Montreal
Aquanaute	located at Ste-Anne-des-Monts (Paul-André Deschênes, 418-763-3391 ext. 106)
Aquarius	located at Tracy (Michel Abbott, 450-742-0580)
Calmar Alma	located at Alma
Club de Matane	located at Matane (Nicole Bélanger, 418-562-2093)
H2O Lanaudière	located at Lanaudière (contact Daniel Lecavalier)
Le Drakkar	located in Drummundville
Les Anémones Bleues	located at the Centre Claude Robillard at Montreal (contact Alain)
Les Baisers Blancs	ice scuba diving club
Les Diables des Mers	located in Eastern Townships
Les Huards de Fermont	located at Fermont (Richard Bernatchez, 418-287-5186)
Les Kakawis	located at Rivière-du-Loup (Simon Houle, 418-867-8883 ext.6430 ou email)
Les loups marins	located at Baie-Comeau
Les Pieds palmés de la Vallée	located at Amqui (Jacques Gaulin, 418-629-2999)
Les Plongeurs de la Gaspésie	located at New RIchmond (Alain Leblanc, 418-364-7668)
Ferries
Groupe C.T.M.A.	ferries Magdalen Islands, QCSouris, PEI & Montreal, QCMagdalen Islands, QC
Rimouski - Forestville	Rimouski, QCForestville, QC
Traversiers du Québec	ferries across Quebec
Trois-Pistoles - Les Escoumins	Trois-Pistoles, QCLes Escoumins, QC
Museums
Musée de la mer	relates the tradegy which occured on may 29th 1914 at 1:20AM while the RMS Empress of Ireland went down with 1,012 passengers and all its personnel.
Musée Maritime du Québec	web site about Quebec Maritime Museum located at l’Islet-sur-Mer in the Bas St-Laurent
Parks
Sépaq	Quebec recreational society for chosing a park to visit or stay for a while
Rescue
Société de sauvetage	organism responsible for aquatic surveillance
Underwater archeology
Projets Phipps - Sauvetage	underwater archeology on the Cote-Nord (north shore of the St-Lawrence)
Video
PixNat	underwater video production
Water quality control
Eaux de baignade	report on the water quality of the public beach from the Environment Ministry of Quebec. And what about the zebra musle (in french)? and the role of the scuba divers (in french)?
Web sites of interest
Aqualog Magazine	a French web magazine (very long dowload time)
MNRF	Québec national parc policy about scuba diving
Plongée Mondiale	dive sites virtual library
Wildlife
Biologie marine	marine species identification guide