Successful Lake Erie Swims
Chronological Listing

# Name Age Country Date Time Notes

Eastern Lake Erie

1 Vicki Keith 27 Canada 01-02 Jul 1988 10:24 16 miles (26 km)
Port Colborne (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
2 Kim Middleton 27 Canada 07 Aug 1988 18:00 Double Crossing, 22 miles (35 km)
Point Abino (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
Return to Crystal Beach (Ontario)
3 Rick Wood 32 Canada 25 Aug 1990 16:46 Double Crossing, 22 miles (35 km)
Point Abino (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
Return to Crystal Beach (Ontario)
4 Ashley Cowan 15y 223d
27 Jan 86
Canada 7 Sep 2001 14:20 12 miles (19.2 km)
Sturgeon Point (New York) to Crystal Beach (Ontario)
Quadruple amputee
5 Terri-Lynn Langdon 20 Canada 31 Aug 2002 12:55 12 miles (19.2 km)
Sturgeon Point (New York) to Crystal Beach (Ontario)
Cerebral Palsy swimmer
6 John Munro 52 Canada 13 Jul 2003 9:33 12 miles (19.2 km)
Crystal Beach (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
7 Chris Stockdale 62 England 21 Sep 2006 14:15 16 miles (26 km)
Port Colborne (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
8 Susanne Robinson 36 Canada 30 Jul 2007 8:14 12 miles (19.2 km)
Crystal Beach (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
9 Natalie Lambert 14y 341d
01 Aug 93
Canada 6 Jul 2008 7:47:30 Butterfly & Ladies N-S Freestyle Record. 12 miles (19.2 km)
Crystal Beach (Ontario) to Sturgeon Point (New York)
10 Jade Scognamillo 14y 217d
08 Dec 93
England 12 Jul 2008 5:40:35 S-N Freestyle Record. 12 miles (19.2 km)
Sturgeon Point (New York) to Crystal Beach (Ontario)
11 Natalie Lambert 15 Canada 9 Jul 2009 6:40:59 12 miles (19.2 km)
Boat Ramp, Crystal Beach (Ontario) to Beach east of harbour, Sturgeon Point (New York)
12 Thie Convery 43 Canada 4 Jul 2010 7:20 11.5 miles (18.5 km)
1 km east of Sturgeon Point (New York) 42.69635°N, 79.030767 W to Crystal Beach (Ontario), 42.8602166°N, 79.0593°W
13 Greg Willoughby 40 Canada 15 Jul 2011 6:17:40 N-S Mens Freestyle Record. 12 miles (19.2 km)
Crystal Beach (Ontario), 42deg 51' 42" N, 79deg 03' 50" W to Sturgeon Point (New York, 42deg 41' 30" N, 79deg 02' 36" W

Central Lake Erie

1 Bob Weir 49 Canada 26-27 Aug 1992 23:41 27 miles (43 km)
Dunkirk (New York) to Mohawk Point (Ontario)
2 Paula Stephanson 19 Canada 18-19 Jul 1998 18:23 27 miles (43 km)
Dunkirk (New York) to Rock Point Provincial Park (Ontario)
3 Paula Jongerden 49 Canada 21-22 Aug 2002 23:36 27.3 miles (43.6 km)
Presque Isle Point, Erie, PA (42° 10' 26" N, 80° 04' 27" W) to Long Point, Ontario (42° 33' 03" N, 80° 13' 18" W).
4 Daniel Nichols 37 Canada 4-5 Aug 2007 20:45:57 32.2 miles (51.8 km)
Presque Isle Lighthouse, Erie, PA (42° 09' 56" N, 80° 06' 56" W) to Beach at foot of Abigail Becker Parkway, Long Point, Ontario (42° 34' 44" N, 80° 24' 27" W).

Western Lake Erie - Pelee Island

1 Ian James 34 Canada 04-05 Sep 1993 14:46 Backstroke. 13.8 miles (22.1 km)
Pelee Island to Leamington (Ontario)
2 Bryan Finlay 58 Canada 23 Jun 2001 10:44 Breaststroke. 13.8 miles (22.1 km)
Leamington Beach (42° 01' 45" N, 82° 36' 18" W) to Pelee Island lighthouse (44° 49' 54" N, 82° 38' 19" W).


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