List of Beaches - Water - Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

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Water - Beaches

The following is the list of beaches monitored on a weekly basis starting June 28, 2011 by the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

- Updated September 1, 2011

Beaches will no longer be tested throughout the remaining months of 2011.

	Open – The latest bacterial test of the water indicated acceptable levels or bacteria and can be used for swimming and other recreation purposes.
	CAUTION - The water is not recommended for swimming. The latest bacterial tests of the water indicated unacceptable levels of bacteria.
	CLOSED – DO NOT USE The beach is closed for recreational use due to an identified health hazard / condition that makes the beach unsafe for use.

MUNICIPALITY/WARD	NAME OF BEACH	STATUS*
Athens	Sand Bay County Park (Charleston Lake)	Open
Brockville	St. Lawrence Park	Open
Carleton Place	Riverside (Carleton Place)	Open
Carleton Place	Centennial (Carleton Place)	Open
Elizabethtown	Lyn Valley Park	Open
Gananoque	Joel Stone Beach	Open
Kitley	Bellamy Park	Open
Lanark Highlands	Dalhousie Lake	Open
Lanark Highlands	Lanark Beach	Open
Lanark Highlands	Robertson Lake Beach	Open
Leeds and the 1000 Islands	Kendrick's Park	Open
Leeds and the 1000 Islands	Camp Hyanto	Open
Merrickville	Merrickville Beach	Open
Mississippi Mills	Almonte Beach	Open
Mississippi Mills	Pakenham Beach	Open
North Elmsley	Rideau Ferry Yacht Club	Open
Prescott	Kelly's Beach	Open
Rideau Lakes	Lower Beverley Lake Park	Open
Rideau Lakes	Portland Campbell St. Beach	Open
Rideau Lakes	South Crosby (Sand Lake) Beach	CAUTION
Smiths Falls	Smiths Falls - Senior	Open
Westport	Foley Mountain	Open
Westport	Westport Sand Lake	Open

While the Health Unit strives to alert swimmers when conditions are not suitable for swimming, the public must be aware that conditions may change, and that there is always a level of risk when swimming in untreated water.

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