The Thousand Islands

The Thousand Islands is an area of the St Lawrence River near Lake Ontario. This is another great destination for wreck divers with 25 wrecks in the park. It is also a place for technical divers and cave divers. In fact, there are over 1,800 islands in this portion of the river, which marks the border between the United States and Canada. There are many dive sites in the area including shore dives on both sides of the border. Dive sites requiring boat access can be dived from the Canadian without accessing the US, however, you must clear immigration to do a shore dive on the US shoreline. The Thousand Islands is a very popular summer boating and camping area. You will find many dive shops in Rockport and Brockville.

Visitors who want to scuba dive at The Thousand Islands must make reservations in advance because the island's government only allows 120 people to go into the water every day for the purpose of preserving the coral reef here. Therefore, when traveling to the Thousand Islands, you need a diving permit sold through resorts or tour operators with a daily diving time from 6 am to 4 pm, visitors are not allowed diving permission at night.

Location: Lake Ontario, Canada