Ontario beaches with swimming advisories over the August long weekend

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.

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
Hamilton Township

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.

Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
Essex

Colchester Beach at 100 Jackson Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 31.

Chatham-Kent Public Health
Chatham-Kent

Mitchell’s Bay Beach at 2 Main Street. Advisory due to high levels of bacteria. Last tested July 10.

Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
Gravenhurst

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.

Niagara Region Public Health
Fort Erie

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.

Durham Region Health Department
Brock

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.

Ottawa Public Health
Mooney’s Bay

Mooney’s Bay Beach at 2626. Advisory due to investigation into blue-green algae. Last tested August 2.

Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health
Loyalist

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.

Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Iroquois

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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