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Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto
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 2009-07-08 12:57 PM |
Master  1681     Rural Ontario |  Subject: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of TorontoPlease share your favorite OWS location in the west end of the GTA. Does Kelso park lake allow open water swimming? Any opinions on swimming in Christie Lake (Hamilton) or Lake Niapenco (Binbrook park - Hamilton)? Mark |
| 2009-07-08 1:12 PM in reply to: #2270572 |
Veteran 190 | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto My tri group frequents Gulliver's Lake (www.gulliverslake.com). It is on Safari Road (off Highway 6). Man-made lake that warms up pretty early in the season due to its small size. It is nice to just pop over there on a weekday evening for an OWS (I'm in Oakville). We've also done a couple race similuations there and some runs after the swims. |
| 2009-07-09 12:40 AM in reply to: #2270620 |
Master 1681 Rural Ontario | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto Thanks Nerak11 - I'll check it out... Do you know Gulliver Lake allows day access to go swimming or do I have to rent a camp site for the nite? nerak11 - 2009-07-08 2:12 PM My tri group frequents Gulliver's Lake (www.gulliverslake.com). It is on Safari Road (off Highway 6). Man-made lake that warms up pretty early in the season due to its small size. It is nice to just pop over there on a weekday evening for an OWS (I'm in Oakville). We've also done a couple race similuations there and some runs after the swims. |
| 2009-07-09 5:05 AM in reply to: #2270572 |
| Master 1675 Kitchener | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto mgalanter - 2009-07-08 1:57 PM Please share your favorite OWS location in the west end of the GTA. Does Kelso park lake allow open water swimming? Any opinions on swimming in Christie Lake (Hamilton) or Lake Niapenco (Binbrook park - Hamilton)? Mark Although I haven't been there this year, I have done open water swimming at Kelso. It was pretty good. Lake Niapenco was nice from what I can remember from previous races. We tend to use Guelph Lake and Lake Whittaker, my favorite being Guelph. A bit far for a weekday swim but we often make a 'tri' day of it on weekends. You can cover the Guelph Lake AND Belwood cycling routes at the same time and a really TOUGH hilly route out towards Erin and Hillsburgh (8% grades). |
| 2009-07-09 8:12 AM in reply to: #2270572 |
Veteran 190 | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto Mark - Gulliver's charges $8 per person for day use. There are lots of other people who just show up for a couple of hours to do a swim or scuba dive in the evenings. On weekends the place is packed with families picnicing at the beach area (which is the opposite end of the lake from where we do our OWS). |
| 2009-07-11 10:19 AM in reply to: #2272108 |
Extreme Veteran 359 Guelph | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto If your group is ever swimming out guelph way drop me a line. My wife hates me swimming alone in Guelph lake. How far do you guys swim? I usually just do a straight out and back from the main beach. I think it's 800m to 1000m but I have no idea. |
| 2009-07-23 8:33 PM in reply to: #2270572 |
Member 271 Ontario | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto Whitaker has an 800 meter course marked out, so that's good. There are splash and dash races every Wed night. Also Lakeside has a nice clean little lake. It is 4.00 per visit. Edited by katherinel 2009-07-23 8:34 PM |
| 2009-07-26 9:18 PM in reply to: #2278065 |
New user 3 | Subject: RE: Favorite Open Water Swim locations west of Toronto We (3 of us) are looking at doing a swim @ Guelph Lake on Wednesday sometime around 4pm if anyone ones to join. |
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