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Emerald Princess Mermaid Statue, Saltery Bay Canada

About 60' under the surface of Powell River near Saltery Bay in British Columbia divers often visit the Emerald Princess, a 9' bronze mermaid statue.  map

The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay
The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay. Photo © by Neil McDaniel.

The 600-pound bronze mermaid statue by Simon Morris was placed in sixty feet of water in 1989, off the beach at Mermaid Cove, a very popular diving site.

Over time a lot of sea-life attaches to and grows on the sculpture, but she was cleaned in 2010 and is in good shape.

An identical mermaid statue named Amphitrite was placed off the coast of Grand Cayman in the year 2000. Both statues are visited by large numbers of divers each year.

The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay. 
 Photo © by Neil McDaniel.
The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay. 
 Photo © by Neil McDaniel.
The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay. 
 Photo © by Neil McDaniel.
The Emerald Princess Mermaid in Saltery Bay. 
 Photo © by Neil McDaniel.

References:
● http://www.sculptorsimonmorris.com/emerald-simon-morris.html
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYdq20QjGSI
● The Mermaids of Earth coffee-table book: See page 108 in the book about this sculpture.

Mermaids of Earth coffee-table book

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