The Niagara River is a place where you can participate in two favorite past-times of sport diving: drift diving and trash diving.

Drift diving, or skimming along the bottom while "riding" a current, is a popular activity here. There are many places to drift dive the river, and currents range from negligible to 8 miles per hour.

The most popular location is Isle View Park in Tonawanda. The current is 2 miles per hour and you can dive from shore. There is ample parking along the course of the dive. Aquatic life abounds in this area including muskellunge, walleye, steelhead, and other game fish.

A little trash diver lives inside all divers. Items we would normally overlook on land suddenly become special and worth collecting just because we found them underwater.

A popular recreational boating and sport-fishing waterway, the Niagara River is filled with items which intentionally or accidently ended up overboard. Two years ago, a drift diver found three full money-bags! The booty turned out to be loot from a store heist. The conscientious diver returned the bags to the store. And yes, the money, too!

Looking for the ultimate trash diver's paradise? Try drift-diving the Niagara River.

Please be aware that the Niagara River is an historic area. Items of historical, archaeological, or anthropological interest must not be disturbed.

For more information, contact Brian J. Bors of TreeFrog Divers, phone (716) 731- 4047.