New beach but no swimming
A new beach has come into existence on the far eastern end of the island, but you can’t swim from there. I wonder how they’ll keep people out of the river on really hot days.
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JS 18:58 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
There’s many small parks with safe-looking access to the safe-looking water way out east along Gouin that I’ve noted for future reference while biking.
Last summer during the heat wave it was too hot and humid to countenance these forty-five minute limits in the water at the public beaches I’d heard about so I had recourse to secret spots along the St, Lawrence Seaway that I had come across biking that I had always thought about but never actually swam in. It worked: I chilled in peace, and I lived to brag about it and made all the sweathogs jealous with my selfies.
I’ve noticed public pools open the past couple of weeks, but are they open at full capacity? I don’t know that I’d feel comfortable with all these virus people around me in a pool just yet, but my secret spots are far, and so are those places along Gouin.
Ant6n 19:23 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
I just got the email that the big splash well happen again, in ten cities this year. I remember a couple years back I went during the election year and a bunch of PM people went there… did they actually create more places where one can go into the water?
Kate 19:27 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
They made a beach in Verdun where you can go in the river.
Ant6n 19:32 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
Oh true. Still, I wish there were more. A city the size of Montreal could perhaps use 30.
Kate 20:51 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
It’s a big job because you have to get some land, create a beach from nothing in most cases and – the thing keeping the east-end beach from functioning as an actual beach – make sure the water in the area is going to be sanitary, at least most of the time.
Mark Côté 21:02 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
Not full capacity it seems. The web page for a nearby pool says “Maximum capacity is restricted according to sanitary measures.”