Lake Erie — Canada · United States

Freeport Beach - Long Point

38.5 km
Distance
Freeport Beach ↔ 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. First crossingHarvey Snell, Bob North
  2. First womanHalli Reid17:00
  3. RecordHalli ReidSkin · Solo · 17:00
  4. First manGreg Sarbak13:30
  5. RecordGreg SarbakSkin · Solo · 13:30
  6. RecordJosh HeynesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 11:53
  7. RecordRandy McElwainWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 11:23:33
  8. RecordJosh HeynesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 11:16:40
  9. First from countryMelanie Reade🇺🇸 United States13:35:33
  10. RecordTom Vanvolkenburg, Greg VanvolkenburgEquipment not declared · Solo · 11:15:40
  11. RecordConrad KubaneyWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 10:56:45

Crossings per decade

51019801990200020102020

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.