A 2016 UofT travel restriction for HHUC imposed a distance limit of 100 km from campus for students in a private car. All scuba diving was curtailed with the exception of Humber Bay and Gulliver’s Lake. In 2019, the Warden gave permission for an HHUC sub-committee to investigate alternatives for open water diving. The sub-committee recommended the creation of a legally and financially independent entity, with separate membership, to run scuba trips. Thus, Blue North Scuba Club was formed in 2021 by alumni members, maintaining a strong resemblance to HHUC’s ethical and safety policies, to allow alternate arrangements for the continuance of the tradition and fellowship of safe open water diving in a separate club environment.
History
See the history section of the HHUC website and the article “In the beginning“.
And here’s an interesting article describing the “Genesis” of the idea of “underwater swimming”:
Blue North Scuba Club 