Swimmers, paddlers, kayakers take to ‘Lake Erie Challenge’ to protect lake’s health

Working in teams, the athletes covered 50 kilometres in three simultaneous legs Saturday. Team SUP paddled 20 kilometres from Amherstburg to Colchester.

At the same time, Team Swim hustled 14 kilometres from Colchester to Kingsville, while Team Kayak travelled 17 kilometres from Kingsville to Leamington. The challenge had teamed up with the Canadian Freshwater Alliance to support the Lake Erie Guardians, which is a group of people, organizations and businesses working together to raise awareness about Lake Erie’s health.Toxic algal blooms continues to threaten Lake Erie each summer, but so far, “the algal bloom isn’t as bad as it usually is by August,” says Raj Gill, the Great Lakes program director with the Canadian Freshwater Alliance.

Frank Torres from Komoka and Rachelle Cardinal from London paddled their SUPs. Dennis Higgs and Jennifer Agnew, both from Harrow as well as Mairi MacGregor from Oakville were the swimmers.Large algae bloom detected in Shuswap Lake

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