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Chadburn Lake Underwater Cleanup

13 July, 2016

Team Leader
Virginia Labelle
Number of Participants
18
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

60.654, -134.97

Survey Information

Location Name
Chadburn Lake Underwater Cleanup
Organization/Dive Centre
Midnight Sun Dive Club
City
Whitehorse
Country
Canada
Date
13 July, 2016
Survey Duration
50 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 60.654
Longitude: -134.97
Weather Conditions
sunny days with evening thunderstorms and heavy rains
Survey Depth Range
1–12 meters
Area Surveyed
615 m2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
lake
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Balls 31
Beverage Bottles: 2 Litres Or More (plastic) 1
Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) 2
Bottles: Bleach/cleaner Bottles 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 7
Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles 2
glass materials collected
Beverage Bottles (glass) 3
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 15
Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) 2
Metal Fragments 1
rubber materials collected
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
paper materials collected
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1

A full-size fold-up metal and cloth camp chair!

cans/bottles

golf balls


Love the dive area calculator! Our club members really enjoyed this and are already planning the next dive!

The bottom silt is close to 1 M in many places - which means that heavier items sink to the bottom and/or are silted over and are impossible to see to retrieve.

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