Over 200 swimmers got here out for the Ottawa Riverkeeper fundraiser occasion on Sunday.
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The primary two swimmers to splash their approach out of the Ottawa River at Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership Sunday morning each spent the pandemic within the water.
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With the return of the Ottawa Riverkeeper Open Water Swim after a two-year hiatus got here 14-year-old Charlie Anderson’s very first open water race. She clocked the highest time (24 minutes, 16 seconds) within the 1.5-kilometre occasion. The aggressive indoor swimmer has been coaching in open water since COVID-19 closed indoor swimming pools, beginning with morning swims at Britannia.
“It’s a complete new sport, it’s utterly totally different, however … I just like the rhythm higher than similar to, doing laps,” she mentioned. “Having no partitions or tempo clock, it’s extra enjoyable.”
Ending neck-in-neck with Anderson was Robert Landriault, who’s been swimming an open water circuit for the final handful of years. The worldwide International Swim Collection has taken him to Bermuda, Barbados, and Florida, however he’s been swimming competitively in Gatineau for the final 45 years.
“Fifty-seven years outdated and nonetheless swimming,” he mentioned. “Tranquility. If you’re swimming, your head is within the water, you don’t don’t have anything in any respect, it’s good and quiet.”
Landriault is retiring from the Canadian Armed Forces on Sept. 1 after 32 years of service and swimming will change into his full-time focus, together with some triathlons.
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Logan Milne and Peter Volney battled it out within the final place of the 4K race to complete third and fourth respectively. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. 1.5K racer Michael Olsen completed the previous couple of strokes of his race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The Swim Ottawa group swam in reminiscence of Tom Anzai, the founder and race director of our annual occasion. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Jennifer Haughton, the highest particular person fundraiser, additionally swam the 1.5K race on Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Logan Milne (pictured) and Peter Volney battled it out within the final place of the 4K race to complete third and fourth respectively. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. 1.5K racer Michael Olsen completed the previous couple of strokes of his race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Logan Milne (proper) and Peter Volney battled it out within the final place of the 4K race to complete third and fourth respectively. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Klara Doelle (left) and Bruce McNicoll race to the end line of the 4K race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Ingrid Hagberg crossed the end line of the 4K race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The 4K racers head out heading in the right direction after the beginning gun went off. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Jennifer Haughton, the highest particular person fundraiser, additionally swam the 1.5K race on Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The 1.5K racers head out heading in the right direction after the beginning gun went off. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Catherine McKenna took half within the 4K swim Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Laura Reinsborough, Riverkeeper and CEO, addressed the swimmers earlier than they hit the water. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Eric Thibault, a 4K swimmer, was getting ready for the race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The primary warmth of the 4K swimmers walked out to the beginning line within the water. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Stephanie Maxim prepares to hit the water for the 4K race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Stephanie Maxim acquired a little bit assist from Bruce McNicoll zipping up her moist swimsuit earlier than hitting the water to swim the 4K race. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Catherine McKenna crossed the road of the 4K race Sunday morning in simply lower than an hour and 13 minutes. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Robert Landriault and Charlotte Anderson congratulate one another because the end the final stretch of the 1.5K race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The 1.5K racers head out heading in the right direction after the beginning gun went off. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim race came about within the Ottawa River, beginning and ending on the Lac Deschênes Crusing Membership, Sunday, August 14, 2022. Robert Landriault and Charlotte Anderson congratulate one another because the end the final stretch of the 1.5K race Sunday morning. Photograph by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia
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Over 200 swimmers got here out for the Ottawa Riverkeeper fundraiser occasion on Sunday, competing in 1.5- and 4-km distances within the river that stretches 1,271 kilometres from supply to mouth.
The occasion hadn’t been held for 2 years because of the pandemic “and it’s simply unimaginable to have the swimmers again out within the water” mentioned Ottawa Riverkeeper CEO Laura Reinsborough.
The fundraiser helps the unbiased charity’s actions, which vary from water high quality reporting for over 300 seashores within the Ottawa River watershed by way of swimguide.org to advocacy to guard the American eel, which make their technique to the Ottawa River and different Canadian waterways between the start and finish of their lives within the North Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea.
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Shawville’s Jennifer Haughton was the highest particular person fundraiser for the occasion, bringing in over $1,100 forward of her 1.5-km race. A Riverkeeper volunteer, she grew up in Woodroffe North, lived for some time in Pembroke, and now calls the Bristol, Que. space dwelling, “so the river’s at all times been a part of my life,” she mentioned.
“I’ve been so lucky… I’ve swam right here, I’ve swam Deep River, I’ve paddled from Pembroke to Petawawa, from the Madawaska, the Coulonge. I’ve, you already know, visited so many locations within the watershed… the Ottawa River means so much to me.”
The occasion had raised greater than $12,750 as of Sunday, exceeding its $10,000 goal.
