The Great Lakes Diving Guide

Everything one could possibly want to know about Great Lakes diving is contained on over 400 pages. Included are the locations and descriptions of over 900 dive sites -- about 800 of them shipwrecks, with each vessel's history and a description of its dramatic demise.

This diving guide covers the St. Lawrence River, all five of the Great Lakes (Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior), all inconnecting waterways and inland dive sites throughout the Great Lakes region, for all levels of divers from novice to technical diving.

Also in this book are features on "The Hunt for Great Lakes Shipwrecks," "Great Lakes Marine Conservation," "The History of the Zebra Mussel Invasion," as well as information about scuba dive shops and charter boats!

This massive book is a clearinghouse for Great Lakes scuba diving information which divers from all parts of the country are finding increasingly appealing for planning their dive trips. This fact-filled book is a must-have for anyone contemplating scuba diving in the Great Lakes.

For more than three decades, Cris Kohl has scoured and explored lakes, rivers and oceans for shipwrecks, and searched and sifted through archives, museums and libraries for the compelling, dramatic stories behind those lost ships.

Cris Kohl, prize-winning underwater photographer and maritime historian with a Master of Arts degree in History (specializing in Maritime History), has written ten books, including the popular "The Great Lakes Diving Guide" and the two-volume, bestselling "The 100 Best Great Lakes Shipwrecks," about these uniquely preserved freshwater shipwrecks.

Known for his "intense research" and "powerful" narration," Cris Kohl has written over 250 magazine and newsletter articles. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including on the History Channel and on the Discovery Channel.

A Past President of the Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago, he lives with his wife, writer, diver and historian Joan Forsberg, in Chicago.