OmniathlonOWS
Lake Erie — Canada · United States

Erie - Long Point

57.8 km
Distance
Erie ↔ Long Point
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. Aug 20, 1975
    First crossingPat Budney25:52
  2. Aug 20, 1975
    First from countryPat Budney🇺🇸 United States25:52
  3. Aug 20, 1975
    RecordPat BudneySkin · Solo · 25:52
  4. Aug 5, 2007
    First from countryDan Nichols🇨🇦 Canada20:45:57
  5. Aug 5, 2007
    RecordDan NicholsWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 20:45:57

Crossings per decade

0.5119702000

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.