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Old Posted Feb 19, 2015, 2:28 AM
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Yes and no. It wasn't hotter then usual, but it was much more humid then usual.
To clarify: It was actually significantly warmer than usual (across BC) in July, according to the NOAA. Last summer made for some fantastic beach weather.
I definitely noticed the higher humidity though. Especially on some of the warmer nights of the summer.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/7

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Old Posted Feb 19, 2015, 3:27 AM
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Booked my campsites for Killbear Provincial Park last week for Canada Day. The park is now fully booked. Some amazing beaches here that the Group of Seven captured in several works.
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Booked my campsites for Killbear Provincial Park last week for Canada Day. The park is now fully booked. Some amazing beaches here that the Group of Seven captured in several works.
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Beautiful.

Sure is a strange name though.
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Old Posted Feb 20, 2015, 6:45 PM
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I'm not sure how it got its name. It's in the heart of the 30,000 Islands and offers some of the most rugged shoreline on Georgian Bay. The granite shores look nothing like the limestone cliffs on the western side of the bay.
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I don't find that name strange at all.
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Old Posted Feb 20, 2015, 7:38 PM
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The only explanation I could find:

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Killbear is on a peninsula. Back when the natives owned the land and would do their hunting, they would chase the bears out through the Park, and the bears would stall at the waterline - the end of the peninsula. Although they can swim, the bears would stall for just enough time so that the natives could catch up and kill them.

The Ojibway natives referred to Killbear point as Mukwa naosh which translates to bear point. Someone at the time of naming confused mukwa naosh (bear point) with mukwa naoshin (bear kill) and thus the park was named Killbear.
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^^^ I like the rugged look of that beach but it looks a blustery. Was that shot taken in early spring?
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No swimming yet, but still lovely. There are a couple of other parks in the same general area.









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Wow, you have to be pretty hardy to swim in the waters off Newfoundland now! Out here, I only want to wade into the water beyond my knees in mid-late August, and only after a week of consistent 30 degree temps.

Then again, the Pacific ocean can be surprisingly frigid as far south as California.
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You'd have to be brave any time of the year unless you're used to it. It's never warm. It just gets pleasurable if you have the right preferences. If it's a hot, humid summer day and you want to get into the water and swim about for 45 minutes or an hour - then it's fine. But it'd never lie-on-a-blow-up-raft-and-lounge-in-it-all-day warm.
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You'd have to be brave any time of the year unless you're used to it. It's never warm. It just gets pleasurable if you have the right preferences. If it's a hot, humid summer day and you want to get into the water and swim about for 45 minutes or an hour - then it's fine. But it'd never lie-on-a-blow-up-raft-and-lounge-in-it-all-day warm.
You're a brave one especially considering I need my water to be 25C at minimum and I need at least 28C if I'm swimming for an hour or so.
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Wow, you have to be pretty hardy to swim in the waters off Newfoundland now! Out here, I only want to wade into the water beyond my knees in mid-late August, and only after a week of consistent 30 degree temps.

Then again, the Pacific ocean can be surprisingly frigid as far south as California.
Which is one of the reasons why lake swimming tends to be far more popular on the west coast (especially if swimming itself is the focal point of going to the beach).

Nothing beats swimming in the Okanagan for me.

With that being said, there are some decently warm ocean swimming spots in the Gulf Islands. The sunshine and heat from the sand when the tides come in help warm up the water in several bay areas.

As for the mainland, the water around White Rock is actually decently warm in July and August. Noticebly so compared to around downtown Van (where I think water temps usually max out somewhere in the high teens).
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I went for my first open water swim session yesterday. The wetsuit helped a lot, but putting my face in the water was quite painful initially. I would say the water temperature was probably in the high teens judging from how it compared to two weeks ago when I tested it out.
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Cobourg beach today. Pleasant out but not quite warm enough for the beach.

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English Bay, Chesterman Beach make the Guardian's best beaches list
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B.C.'s English Bay and Chesterman Beaches were named the Guardian's list of top 50 beaches in the world.

They are the only two Canadian beaches to have made the list.

The British newspaper says Chesterman beach in Tofino is one of the best for wild and remote locations.
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Meanwhile Vancouver's English Bay made the best city beach list. The Guardian described the beach as a "mecca for families and volleyball players" and there is the added bonus of the West End's restaurant scene and iconic Stanley Park within easy reach. Plus, let's not forget the annual summer fireworks.
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