OmniathlonOWS
Lake Erie — Canada

Port Colborne - Sturgeon Point

27.3 km
Distance
Port Colborne, Ontario ↔ Sturgeon Point, New York
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. Jul 1988
    First crossingVicki Keith10:24
  2. Jul 1988
    First womanVicki Keith10:24
  3. Jul 1988
    First from countryVicki Keith🇨🇦 Canada10:24
  4. Jul 1988
    RecordVicki KeithSkin · Solo · 10:24
  5. Sep 21, 2006
    First manChris Stockdale14:15
  6. Sep 21, 2006
    First from countryChris Stockdale🇬🇧 United Kingdom14:15
  7. Sep 21, 2006
    RecordChris StockdaleWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 14:15

Crossings per decade

1219802000

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.