Peter Rowe, filmmaker, joined the Shellback Club for the fourth time, this time to present his film Shipwrecked on a Great Lake. The film is about the maritime attack on Toronto in 1813, the Lake Ontario storm that sank two American ships, and the discovery of the two shipwrecks off Port Dalhousie. About Peter Rowe
Peter is a prolific producer of marine-themed films. His feature films on the water include “Treasure Island”, with Jack Palance, “Lost!” and “Horse Latitudes”, the story of round-the-world sailor Donald Crowhurst, starring Gordon Pinsent. Peter’s TV series include “Exploring Under Sail”, “Black Harbour”, and “Angry Planet” (filming on 24 volcanoes around the world, and on one of them he ingested sulphuric acid which destroyed one of his vocal cords.). He has made documentaries on Sir Samuel Cunard, on Joshua Slocum, and on the sinking of the War of 1812 warships “Hamilton” and “Scourge”. Peter is also a long-time sailor, and a member of the Explorers Club and the Mimico Cruising Club. He worked in the 80s as a skipper of a Bahamas charter boat, sailed a Mirage 35, “Blade Runner” for many years in California, Mexico, up the US east coast and here on Lake Ontario. He has had several boats in the last few years and just this month bought a new boat, a 1988 C&C 35 Mark 3 called ‘Restless’, which he is currently working on in the last days before the snow flies and ski season begins.
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