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Monitored beaches on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, tagged with the percent of time posted as unsafe for swimming in July and August 2018, for purposes of assessing stress on nearshore waters. |
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Monitored beaches on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, tagged with the percent of time posted as unsafe for swimming in July and August 2018, for purposes of assessing stress on nearshore waters. |
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[[-79.8683218253566,43.1171016936065],[-76.7669824208196,44.1794189998663]] |
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) - Strategic Policy Branch - RDGO
Swim Drink Fish Canada |
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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>This data was derived as part of the Overall Assessment of the State of Nearshore Waters. Across Lake </span><span>Ontario</span><span>, public beaches are popular recreation spots and use should not be restricted by environmental quality concerns. Poor water quality at beaches due to bacterial contamination can have negative effects on human health and limit recreational use</span></p><p><span>Beach locations and the percent of time that a beach was posted in each of July and August 201</span><span>8</span><span>were extracted from the Swim Drink Fish Swim Guide. The average amount of time that each beach was posted as unsafe for swimming was calculated and used to assign low, moderate or high stress to each Regional Unit.</span></p><p><span>Low Stress: beaches posted 5% or less of the time; Moderate Stress: beaches posted 5 to 20% of the time; High Stress: beaches posted over 20% of the time</span></p><p><span /></p></div></div></div> |
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LO_HumanUse_Beach_Postings |
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Feature Service |
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["Lake Ontario","St. Lawrence River","Nearshore Framework","cumulative stress","Human Use","Beach Postings"] |
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LO_HumanUse_Beach_Postings |
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NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N |