Photo: LGL Health Unit
The Health Unit has a few beaches under caution as we head into the weekend.
That means the water is not recommended for swimming. The latest bacterial tests of the water indicated unacceptable levels of bacteria.
While the Health Unit strives to alert swimmers when conditions are not suitable for swimming, the public must be aware that conditions may change, and that there is always a level of risk when swimming in untreated water.
Here is the caution list from the health unit:
- Carleton Place – Riverside
- Carleton Place – Centennial
- Gananoque – Joel Stone Beach
- Lanark Highlands – Dalhousie Lake
- Merrickville – Merrickville Beach
- Mississippi Mills – Almonte Beach
- North Elmsley – Rideau Ferry Yacht Club
- Westport – Westport Sand Lake
There are still plenty of options for swimming though. Here is their list of open beaches.
- Athens – Sand Bay County Park (Charleston Lake)
- Brockville – St. Lawrence Park
- Elizabethtown – Lyn Valley Park
- Kitley – Bellamy Park
- Lanark Highlands – Lanark Beach
- Lanark Highlands – Robertson Lake Beach
- Leeds and the 1000 Islands – Kendrick’s Park
- Mississippi Mills – Pakenham Beach
- Prescott – Kelly’s Beach
- Rideau Lakes – Lower Beverly Lake Park
- Rideau Lakes – Portland Campbell Street Beach
- Rideau Lakes – South Crosby (Sand Lake) Beach
- Smiths Falls – Smiths Falls Junior
- Smiths Falls – Smiths Falls Senior
- Westport – Foley Mountain