The Morrisson Quarry

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How to get there :

This site is about 195 km from Montreal

• Leave Montreal taking Hwy 15 North.
• Take exit 35, at Mirabel, take Hwy 50 West, right to the end.
• You will arrive at Hwy 148. Head West towards Hull right up to Gatineau.
• Take Hwy 5 North to its end, then turn right. Just ahead, approx. 100 metres turn left on Hwy 105 North.
• Morrisson Quarry is about 4 km down on your right. You will see a big tower indicating : Great Canadian Bungee.
• The Quarry is about 30 km from Hull and just 2 km South of Wakefield.

IMPORTANT: for your own security, please keep in mind your scuba diving level and respect the depth indicated on your card.

The Morrisson Quarry is a relatively small lake, measuring 400 feet wide and 500 feet long. However there is quite a variety of attractions to visit such as shipwrecks, planes and cars.

Please note that these objects were put in by man in an aritifical and unnatural manner.

The first wreck to visit, at 26 feet deep, is a duel-engine plane with a capacity of about 8 passengers. The dimensions of this plane, from one wing-tip to another, is 48 feet large and it is 30 feet long. A few components of the plane such as the seats, the windows, and the propeller among others, have been removed from the plane before the sinking in 1980.

At about 50 feet South (to the right) of the plane, you will find a shipwreck measuring close to 25 feet long at a depth of 46 feet.

Initially, this boat was sunk at a depth of 107 feet (in the fall of 1980) but to facilitate access to scubadivers, it was risen to where it presently rests.

For those who love watching movies where a car jumps into the water, here's where you can see the result of vehicles at different depths. At the Est end, at 109 feet, you can see a white Swift Suzuki. The other car, a black Toyota MR2, that were sunk during the filming of a movie were at 111 feet depth. As of December 19th, 2001, there are only two cars at the bottom of the Morrison Quarry.

Please note that the front-end of the car, which rests at 40 feet on the North-East end, has been removed from the water.

Just before you leave from your tour, you could take a look of a imitation of submarine about 12 foots long at 60 foots deep.

At ( A ) and ( B ) mark, you will found an old fencepost. Among other attractions at Morrisson Quarry, you can visit the mini-mountains that make up the drop-offs of this site. Some of them are quite long depending on where you are located. There are some for every level of scubadiving, up to 100 feet.

Please be careful and pay special attention to the effects of the narcose.

Have a good dive!

• Photos provided by : Bernard A. Reeves (Club de plongée Les Baisers Blancs)
• Source : Danny Duquette (Plongée Mondiale)
• Translation by : Linda Jolivet