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DescriptionSwimming in all Five Great Lakes in the same day
July 24,2027
Things we need. Money for gas. Possible fund raiser cause, RV. More Fun people to travel with. Support/fans to meet us at some of these sites.
Note: The spots we are stopping have street addresses, GPS coordinates, and what3words.com links.
Tentative agenda
23 July 2027 Leave my home, head for cousin Leo’s Ancaster, Ontario.
Good stops Lunch at Refined Fool Brewery in Sarnia. 1326 London Rd. Order beer called Van Full of Weirdos. https://what3words.com/thudded.lame.streaks
4 hours total drive
1540 Safari rd cousin Leo. Stay the night.
Breakfast at Leo’s or Tim’s.
31 min to
LAKE ONTARIO Confederation Beach Park 580 Van Wagners Beach Rd, Hamilton, ON L8E 3L8 https://w3w.co/repeats.bolt.waving 43.25373° N, 79.75881° W Just before you get there, right after Barton Street, there’s a Tim Horton’s on the left if you need a bathroom break. There’s not much for restrooms at the swim site.) Swimming before 5:30. Nice benches there we can sit on to change.
1 hr 4
LAKE ERIE Port Dover Beach 2 Walker St, Port Dover, ON N0A 1N0 https://w3w.co/drone.rinks.respectively 42.78326° N, 80.20304° W
Plan to be there at 8.
stop at Tim Horton for a bathroom break and breakfast on the way out of Port Dover (2 blocks from the swim site).
2:19
LAKE HURON Canatara Park, Lake Chipican Drive, Sarnia,ON https://w3w.co/wisdom.oldest.airbag 43.00631° N, 82.40193° W (150 miles)
Beautiful beach. Swim from 11:30 to noon. Decent washrooms if we want to change there. Note—swim to the right first. The current definitely pushes us west toward the river. We walked to the right (east) to the end of the beach and then swam to the right for a few minutes then made a U-turn to swim back west to the washroom building where our cars were parked. Head back to the USA.
LAKE MICHIGAN Mackinaw City First Beach. E Wilderness Park Dr, Mackinaw City, MI 49701 https://w3w.co/iron.exhibitors.hormones
Trails End Rd and follow it all the way to Lake Michigan. , We’ll try to be swimming shortly after 6pm and get on the road by 7. Cross the bridge. It’s less than an hour to
LAKE SUPERIOR
Brimley State Park 9200 West 6 Mile Road, Brimley, Michigan 49715 46.41661° N, 84.55833° W. https://w3w.co/clapper.beast.insurer (54 Miles) Swimming by 8:30, done before sunset. If there’s a problem with Brimley State Park go about 7 miles west to Point Iroquois Lighthouse. https://w3w.co/ruining.snacks.competition
(Since leaving home—800miles, plus whatever incidental extra miles we did. So 850. And we’re still up north and have to go home. So add another 200. 1055 at least.
Camp or dinner or afterglow party.
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