SPSNL is organizing presentations and workshops on the nautical history of Newfoundland & Labrador, shipwreck disasters, and on historical research methods and resources in the province.
Please watch the NEWS on this website and our Facebook group for announcements of upcoming events.
In 2017, SPSNL will be offering the following events (with more added soon):
Event | Leader | Date |
Introduction to Newfoundland Schooners | Robert Halliday | 16 May |
"Astrolabe" Shipwreck Artifacts Workshop | The Rooms | 3 June |
NAS Introduction to Foreshore & Underwater Archaeology | Ken Keeping & Neil Burgess | 4 June |
NAS Part I Course | Ken Keeping & Neil Burgess | 10-11 June |
Shipwreck Oral History Workshop | Dale Jarvis & Dennis Flynn | 24-25 June |
SPSNL Shipwreck Diving Trip - Isle aux Morts | Prof. Brad Loewen | August |
NAS Pt III: Remote Sensing for Shipwrecks: Sidescan Sonar | Ken Keeping | August? |
In 2016, SPSNL offered the following events:
Event | Speaker | Date |
NAS Introduction to Foreshore & Underwater Archaeology | Ken Keeping & Neil Burgess | 29 May |
NAS Pt III: Remote Sensing for Shipwrecks: Theory | Ken Keeping | 27 August |
NAS Pt III: Remote Sensing for Shipwrecks: Multibeam Sonar | Ken Keeping | 28 August |
In 2015, SPSNL offered the following events:
Event | Speaker | Date |
German Navy Wrecks at Scapa Flow | Norman Turner | 11 March |
NAS Introduction to Foreshore & Underwater Archaeology | Ken Keeping & Neil Burgess | 18 April |
Historical Shipwreck Research Workshop | Maritime History Archive, MUN | 25 April |
In 2014, SPSNL offered the following events:
Event | Speaker | Date |
Shipwreck Artifact Workshop | Elaine Anton, The Rooms | 5 March |
The Wreck of the SS Florizel | Admiralty House Museum | 26 March |
B-24 Bomber Wreck in Gander Lake | Tony Merkle | 15 May |
NAS Introduction to Foreshore & Underwater Archaeology | Ken Keeping & Neil Burgess | 17 May |
In 2013, SPSNL offered the following presentations:
Event | Speaker | Date |
The Wreck of HMS Raleigh | Bob Hooper | 18 April |
Underwater Archaeology at Parks Canada | Marc-Andre Bernier | 1 May |
NAS Introduction & Part I Course | Chris Phinney | 5 July |
NAS Introduction to Foreshore & Underwater Archaeology | Ken Keeping | 9 Novermber |