Dismantling ship
Diver preparation
Drawing artefacts
Underwater notes
Stapling plastic
Treasures found
Design of vessel
Glossary
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Aside from the 1988 season (which was a cross between water and land archeology) the excavation of the P.S. Lady Sherbrooke was an underwater archeological dive. The project represents the largest privately funded underwater archeological project in Canadian history. The methodology of the dive, and the approach taken by the team, outlines the detailed analysis that has lead to a fuller understanding of the Lady Sherbrooke.

A brief description of the various tasks illustrates the process of rediscover. How a diver gets dressed, how notes and measuring are done underwater, how artefacts are drawn and dismantled below service, and what treasures were found, are just some of the highlights from the project described in this section.

It is essential that while you are viewing this website to always consider the challenges faced by the team that excavated the remains of the Lady Sherbrooke. Where a team working on land competes with a hot summer sun, or the cold of early winter mornings, this team required a constant supply of air tanks, an air compressor to operate pumping equipment, and a boat to transport even the most basic of supplies. Combined with cramped working conditions the physical aspects of an underwater dive are vastly different from Hollywood images of archeologists such as Indiana Jones.