Lake Huron — Canada · United States

Lake Huron – Port Sanilac (MI) to Port Franks (ON)

57.2 km
Distance
Port Sanilac, Michigan ↔ Port Franks beach, Ontario
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Crossings marked «documented» are historical: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    20:53:53 · Aug 10, 2018 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    22:26 · Aug 12, 2000 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    John Bulsza🇨🇦
    26:49 · Aug 31, 1988 · 3 in Skin · Solo
  4. 3
    John Bulsza🇺🇸
    26:49 · Aug 31, 1996 · 3 in Skin · Solo

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Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Elizabeth Anne FryAug 10, 201820:53:53
2Paula StephansonAug 12, 200022:26
3John BulszaAug 31, 198826:49
3John BulszaAug 31, 199626:49documented

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.

Source: Solo Swims of Ontario. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.