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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

Timeline

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

  1. Aug 31, 1988
    First crossingJohn Bulsza26:49
  2. Aug 31, 1988
    First from countryJohn Bulsza🇨🇦 Canada26:49
  3. Aug 31, 1988
    RecordJohn BulszaSkin · Solo · 26:49
  4. Aug 31, 1996
    First manJohn Bulsza26:49
  5. Aug 31, 1996
    First from countryJohn Bulsza🇺🇸 United States26:49
  6. Aug 12, 2000
    RecordPaula StephansonSkin · Solo · 22:26
  7. Aug 10, 2018
    First womanElizabeth Anne Fry20:53:53
  8. Aug 10, 2018
    RecordElizabeth Anne FrySkin · Solo · 20:53:53
  9. Aug 11, 2018
    RecordElizabeth Anne FryWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 20:53:53

Crossings per decade

1231980199020002010

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.