As you pack up swimsuits and towels for a long weekend of swimming, you may want to check if the water you’re visiting has a high bacteria content or algae blooms.
Here’s a list of the latest swimming advisories posted across Ontario.
Harwood Waterfront & Dock at 5527 Front Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 24.
Coboconk
Lions Park at 16 Elizabeth Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 25.
Colchester Beach at 100 Jackson Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 31.
Mitchell’s Bay Beach at 2 Main Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 10.
Franklin Park Beach at 1615 Kilworthy Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 31.
Innisfil
9th Line Park Beach at 2407 Leonard Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 26.
Midland
Little Lake Park Midland Beach at 606 Little Lake Park Road. The beach is closed due to sewage or chemical spill. Last tested July 29.
Pete Pettersen Park Beach at 159 Marina Park Avenue. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 28.
Muskoka Lakes
Windermere Beach at 2510 Windermere Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested August 1.
Penetanguishene
Rotary Champlain Wendat Park at 8 Owen Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 28.
Tay
Mackenzie Park Beach at 6 Bergie Crescent. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 28.
Magnus Park at 102 Grandview Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 28.
Waverly Beach at 271 Helena Street. Advisory due to algae. Last tested July 19.
Lincoln
Charles Daley Park at 1969 North Service Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested August 1.
Port Colborne
Centennial Cedar Bay Beach at 2767 Vimy Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 28.
Skerkston Wyldewood Beach at 490 Empire Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested August 1.
St. Catherines
Sunset Beach at 1 Lombardy Avenue. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested August 1.
Wainfleet
Long Beach at 12181 Augustine Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 29.
Wainfleet Lake Erie Public Access Beach at 12643 Lakeshore Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 29.
Beaverton South Beach at 24 Harbour Park Crescent. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 24.
Pickering
Frenchman’s Bay West at 939 Beachpoint Promenade. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 24.
Scugog
Kinsmen Park at 116 Water Street. Advisory due to blue-green algae. Last tested April 18.
Mooney’s Bay Beach at 2626. Advisory due to investigation into blue-green algae. Last tested August 2.
Bath Filtration and Centennial Beach at 311 Main Street Bath. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last testing date unknown.
South Frontenac
Sydenham Lake (The Point) at 4410 Point Road. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last testing date unknown.
Iroquois Beach at 42 Adair Drive. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested August 1.
Alexandria
Island Park at 42 Adair Drive. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested August 1.
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