Open Water Swimming in Ontario
Tired of slogging up and down a pool, following the black line, watching for the wall or the backstroke flags ???
Interested in clean fresh Ontario lake water, blue skies and bright sunshine or fingernails full of algae from the rocks you hit, weird numbers in white on your sunburnt shoulder for the next two weeks and water weeds for breakfast ???
Then come on out, this is the place for you this summer.
Contact the organizers or the MSO Registrar for more info.
Brights Grove Open Water Swim - near Sarnia in Lake Huron
Hosted by : TYMS
Contact : Sue Weir
1.5K and 3K
Swim is usually in July
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Venue may be viewed on the Blue Water Triathlon site
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UNDER THE FOUR BRIDGES
3K and 5K Open Water Swim - Welland
Hosted by : Welland Otters Swim Team
Contact : Elma Coulture
Usually runs in August
Welland Recreational Waterway (Old Welland Ship Canal)
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Annual Open Water Cable Swim
1000 Islands Y Swim Masters
Contact : Marion Wyatt
The circuit is a 500m cable swim course in the St. Lawrence River at the East beach of St.
Lawrence Park, located in the west-end of Brockville.
Usually held in August
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St Marys Quarry - St Marys
Hosted by London Silver Dolphins
Contact : Bryan Finlay
Ontario Championsip 5 K
Swim runs the first Sunday after Labour Day weekend
This is the grand daddy / grand mummy of open water swims in Ontario, well over a decade old now. The 5 kilometres is completed by swimming 11 laps of a triangular course. Easy viewing of the entire race and food afterwards.
Check the Official website http://soloswims.com for information on this years swim !
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St. Mary's 2000
Bryan Finlay after completing the 5K doing breast stroke (of course) |
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For more of this kind of swimming check out the Solo Swims of Ontario website or the Channel Swimming website.
And, as always there is a plethora of information from USMS : a calendar, a list of championships, the rules and a manual.
Photo credits : Barrie Malloch