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Monitored beaches on the Canadian Great Lakes, tagged with the percent of time posted as unsafe for swimming; data is part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This data was derived as part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters. </SPAN><SPAN>Across the Great Lakes</SPAN><SPAN>, public beaches are popular recreation spots and use should not be restricted by environmental quality concerns. Poor water quality at beaches due to bacterial contamination can have negative effects on human health and limit recreational use</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Beach locations and the percent of time that a beach was posted were extracted from the Swim Drink Fish Swim Guide. The average amount of time that each beach was posted as unsafe for swimming was calculated and used to assign low, moderate or high stress to each Regional Unit. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>LAKE SUPERIOR: July and August 2015-2019; LAKE ERIE: July and August 201</SPAN><SPAN>5</SPAN><SPAN>-201</SPAN><SPAN>6</SPAN><SPAN>; LAKE ONTARIO: July and August 2018; LAKE HURON: July and August from 2016 to 2020</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Low Stress: beaches posted 5% or less of the time; Moderate Stress: beaches posted 5 to 20% of the time; High Stress: beaches posted over 20% of the time</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) - Strategic Policy Branch - RDGO
Swim Drink Fish Canada
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Nearshore Framework
water quality
ecosystem health
cumulative stress
Human Use
Beach Postings
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dataset
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Assessment Year
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Regional Unit ID
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BeachName
Beach Name
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Longitude
Double
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0
0
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Latitude
Double
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