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Just in case the summer season isn’t short enough in Ottawa, the city will officially close its beaches on Sunday, marking the end of one of the city’s shortest beach seasons in recent memory.
With more than two weeks left in the fleeting month of August, the City of Ottawa will end its beach season this weekend after a mere 58 days. That total includes days that Ottawa Public Health issued no-swim advisories, including Tuesday when the red flag was flying at all city beaches due to heavy rainfall.
So far this summer, there have been just 41 days when all the city’s beaches were open at the same time.
The city appears to be closing its beaches earlier and earlier every few years. From 2008 to 2013, the beach season was 65 days, and further back in 2007, it was 72 days — fully two weeks longer than this year’s swimming season.
“When you put it in terms like that, it is a significant reduction given how long our summers are,” said Jeff Leiper, the city councillor for Kitchissippi, home of Westboro Beach.
Meanwhile, the National Capital Commission will keep Gatineau Park and Leamy Lake beaches open until Labour Day, for an 88-day season — or a full month longer than the City of Ottawa’s beach period. And the City of Gatineau’s four municipal beaches are open daily from mid-June to mid-August, plus additional weekends in early June, late August and early September, for a total of 74 beach days.
Technically, city beaches are always open to public to use at their own risk. But on days when they are “closed,” they are not supervised by lifeguards. And Ottawa Public Health only tests for E. coli levels during the official beach season.
When reached by the Citizen on Tuesday, the city could not answer why Ottawa’s beach seasons seem to be getting shorter.
In an emailed statement attributed to Dan Chenier, general manager of parks, recreation and cultural services, the city said the “beach season was standardized prior to amalgamation” for the third Saturday in June to the third Sunday in August.
That may explain why the season is ending so soon this year, but the city didn’t address why the beach season has apparently been shortened by two weeks since 2007.
The NCC’s beach season regularly starts just before Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day and ends on the Labour Day Monday every year, said spokesman Jean Wolff. The NCC-managed beaches in Gatineau are seldom closed, he added. The beach at Leamy Lake Park, on the Ottawa River, closes about one or two days per year on average.
This can be at least partly explained by the fact that on the Quebec side, water tests are conducted every two weeks, as opposed to Ottawa Public Health’s daily tests.
Residents seeking some late summer fun can still go to the city’s outdoor pools or splash pads, most of which will remain open into late August. (Dates vary by location, so check Ottawa.ca for info.)
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With more than two weeks left in the fleeting month of August, the City of Ottawa will end its beach season this weekend after a mere 58 days. That total includes days that Ottawa Public Health issued no-swim advisories, including Tuesday when the red flag was flying at all city beaches due to heavy rainfall.
So far this summer, there have been just 41 days when all the city’s beaches were open at the same time.
The city appears to be closing its beaches earlier and earlier every few years. From 2008 to 2013, the beach season was 65 days, and further back in 2007, it was 72 days — fully two weeks longer than this year’s swimming season.
“When you put it in terms like that, it is a significant reduction given how long our summers are,” said Jeff Leiper, the city councillor for Kitchissippi, home of Westboro Beach.
Meanwhile, the National Capital Commission will keep Gatineau Park and Leamy Lake beaches open until Labour Day, for an 88-day season — or a full month longer than the City of Ottawa’s beach period. And the City of Gatineau’s four municipal beaches are open daily from mid-June to mid-August, plus additional weekends in early June, late August and early September, for a total of 74 beach days.
Technically, city beaches are always open to public to use at their own risk. But on days when they are “closed,” they are not supervised by lifeguards. And Ottawa Public Health only tests for E. coli levels during the official beach season.
When reached by the Citizen on Tuesday, the city could not answer why Ottawa’s beach seasons seem to be getting shorter.
In an emailed statement attributed to Dan Chenier, general manager of parks, recreation and cultural services, the city said the “beach season was standardized prior to amalgamation” for the third Saturday in June to the third Sunday in August.
That may explain why the season is ending so soon this year, but the city didn’t address why the beach season has apparently been shortened by two weeks since 2007.
The NCC’s beach season regularly starts just before Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day and ends on the Labour Day Monday every year, said spokesman Jean Wolff. The NCC-managed beaches in Gatineau are seldom closed, he added. The beach at Leamy Lake Park, on the Ottawa River, closes about one or two days per year on average.
This can be at least partly explained by the fact that on the Quebec side, water tests are conducted every two weeks, as opposed to Ottawa Public Health’s daily tests.
Residents seeking some late summer fun can still go to the city’s outdoor pools or splash pads, most of which will remain open into late August. (Dates vary by location, so check Ottawa.ca for info.)
afeibel@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/adamfeibel
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