Alberta Underwater Council
 

Location: Quarry Lake Cleanup at Canmore, AB

Date: Sept 26, 2021

What: Lake clean-up dive - open to 1st 20 registered divers only!

Cost:  $5.00 Donation requested

Hosted By: UW Outlaws Scuba Club (Calgary) & the AUC volunteers

RSVP to: info@albertaunderwatercouncil.com

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Event Times:

9:00 am Registration & Waivers

10:00 am Dive Safety Briefing

12:00 pm Lunch Break (BYOL - Bring your own Lunch/drinks)

1:00 pm 2nd dive if wanted & conditions allow

3:00 pm Clean-up site, document & remove trash collected to Park garbage bins, pack-up dive gear, etc.

 

Please Come out to collect some trash underwater and help keep our Alberta lakes, rivers, and waterways & National Parks debris free!

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Location: Quarry Lake Park, Canmore, AB

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NOTE: Limited participants due to parking issues & physical distancing due to COVID-19.

UW LAKE CLEANUP at Quarry Lake Park - Permit pending  ..... with thanks from Town of Canmore

 

NOTE:

1) Hope to have parking fee waived for volunteer divers & shore suppport  

2) Divers need to bring garden cart to pack gear down to lake edge - it's a hike!

3) Divers, please keep together & gear up at one or two picnic tables, then enter water after Dive Safety Briefing.

 

LIMITED NUMBERS, MUST RSVP Via Registering via email here for the first 20 divers only!

 

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COVID-19 Protocols to be followed IF APPLICABLE:  

• Limit the numbers of participants via pre-registration (20 Divers maximum & 8-10 Shore Support Volunteers)

• Minimize interaction and require all participants to maintain physical distance of at least 2 meters (6 ft)

• Check temperatures (hand-held thermometer on site) and confirm that no one participates if feeling ill

• WAIVERS & RISK AWARENESS FORMS for both scuba diving and COVID-19 must be read & voluntarily signed prior to participation

• Contact details (name, phone #, email) must be provided for contact tracing afterwards if required

• Sanitizing of registration surfaces and encourage hand sanitizing/washing soap/water through-out the event

• Encourage use of individual face masks/coverings during Registration, Dive Safety Briefing, during Dive Buddy Gear Checks, etc.

• Encourage divers to handle only their own equipment, must sanitize before and after if assisting another (unless established cohorts or family members

• Encourage divers to stay at least 2 meters away from others when clearing their nose, sinuses or throat at the lake surface or after a dive

• Encourage frequent hand washing after handling & documenting trash collected

• NO FOOD or DRINKS PROVIDED – participants must bring their own

• Anyone with increased risk of severe COVID-19 for themselves or family members should be encouraged not to participate

 

Divers, Please Remember to Bring:

• All your dive gear and tanks (at least 1 or more) - BCD, regulators, dry-suit/wetsuit, mask, snorkel, fins, boots, weights, weight belt, dive computer, hood, gloves (contact your favourite AB Local Dive Shop (LDS) for gear rentals if required)

• Other dive gear that you will find useful to bring: dive light, writing slate, compass, a tarp to change on

• Small Garden Wagon to haul all your dive gear via gravel path from parking lot to lakeside

• Your certification card and logbook 

• Warm clothing, even if the sun is shining, be prepared for typical Alberta weather which could include rain, snow, and everything in between

• MUST bring your own Lunch or snack, water, juice, etc., no food/lunch/drink provided due to COVID

• Lawn chair, bug spray, sunscreen

• Small amount of cash for potential raffle draws (if available)                                                           

• PROVIDED: AUC will provide mesh bags for trash & an emergency cutting device for all lake cleanup volunteer divers!

• THANK YOU!

 

 

Remember: Please keep scuba gear tidy & respect others right to use the park.  Limit our footprint to just one or two picnic sites.

 

Must bring or rent all your own scuba gear, plus 1-2 tanks.  PLUS: a small garden wagon works best to haul gear!

 

Surprise Raffles for donated prized from sponsors like our local generous dive shops are often available so bring your cash!!  Want a 2nd dive after?? Possible if conditions favourable but 2nd dive is not supervised and your on your own.

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Event details subject to change without notice, please check Facebook & Website just prior.