Lake Ontario — Canada

Lake Ontario – Niagara to Toronto

50.8 km
Distance
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Queen's Royal Park) ↔ Marilyn Bell Park, Toronto
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 crossingMarilyn Bell20:55
  2. First womanMarilyn Bell20:55
  3. First from countryMarilyn Bell🇨🇦 Canada20:55
  4. RecordMarilyn BellEquipment not declared · Solo · 20:55
  5. First from countryBrenda Fisher🇬🇧 United Kingdom18:51
  6. RecordBrenda FisherEquipment not declared · Solo · 18:51
  7. First manBill Sadlo25:01
  8. First from countryBill Sadlo🇺🇸 United States25:01
  9. RecordJim WoodsEquipment not declared · Solo · 18:35
  10. RecordJim WoodsEquipment not declared · Solo · 17:07
  11. RecordCindy NicholasEquipment not declared · Solo · 15:10
  12. RecordDebbie RoachSkin · Solo · 18:30
  13. RecordRoach FamilySkin · Relay · 22:43
  14. RecordLoreen PassfieldSkin · Solo · 15:43
  15. First from countryPaolo Pinto (intento Doble)🇮🇹 Italy23:57
  16. RecordJohn ScottSkin · Solo · 14:50
  17. RecordJohn ScottSkin · Solo · 14:42
  18. First from countryIngrid Martin🇦🇺 Australia23:25
  19. First from countryPeter Gibbs🇧🇧 Barbados18:40
  20. First from countryMiguel Vadillo Sanchez🇲🇽 Mexico18:03:49
  21. RecordAnnaleise CarrWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 26:41
  22. RecordPat Gallant-CharetteWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 24:28
  23. RecordElizabeth Anne FryWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 15:46:16
  24. RecordMachine MenSkin · Relay · 19:42
  25. First from countryJuan Gabriel Acosta Vélez🇨🇴 Colombia18:58:25
  26. RecordMargaret ReganSkin · Solo · 14:08:47
  27. RecordWilliam LeonardWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 14:45:24
  28. First from countryAttila Mányoki🇭🇺 Hungary16:08:43

Crossings per decade

1019501960197019801990200020102020

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.