We wish to thank our sponsor, Royal Bank of Canada, for sponsoring our SWIM GUIDE, created by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and further developed by Fraser Riverkeeper. We’ll be down at the RBC branch on RBC’s Blue Water Day from noon to about 4:00 p.m., 1025 West Georgia, Vancouver, on Friday, June 10th.
Stop by and get a demo on how the SWIM GUIDE works! It’s a free new app available on iPhones — soon to also be added to Androids and other smartphones.
The SWIM GUIDE is handy beach tool for this summer, something where you can:
- Look up beaches in the southern part of BC and the Fraser River watershed area (as well as all the Great Lakes beaches, and many more to come later this year)
- Get directions to a beach
- Find out if it’s being monitored regularly by health authorities — and if it is, find out whether your favorite beach has posted warnings or is good to go!
- Find out what that beach offers in terms of amenities, fishing, water quality, culture, and history — and, when available, view a photo of the beach
- Share beaches with your friends via email, messaging, and sharing on social media
- Locate Where Bill is and help support his Lake Okanagan Swim starting June 17.
If you love our app, you may want to get involved. Contact us to share photos of beaches, let us know what we’re missing, donate to Fraser Riverkeeper to be able to continue developing our app and map and FAQ, or volunteer.
