March 29, 2024

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No-swimming advisory issued for East Vancouver’s Trout Lake due to bacteria levels

People searching to neat off in a lake in East Vancouver should discover alternate destinations owing to concerns about bacteria degrees.

The Vancouver Park Board declared nowadays (July 9) that swimming is not encouraged at Trout Lake at John Hendry Park owing to large E. coli degrees.

In accordance to Vancouver Coastal Health’s Metro Vancouver Beach Water High quality report issued this early morning, the average depend for E. coli at the lake is at 153 (per a hundred mL). Recommendations recommend degrees decrease than two hundred E. coli per a hundred mL for recreational functions.

Other destinations with greater counts consist of:

  • Path seven (Oasis) at Wreck Beach (178)
  • Deep Cove (178), in which a no-swimming advisory is in effect
  • East False Creek (256)
  • Cosy Cove (499) on Bowen Island, in which a no-swimming advisory is also in effect
  • CRAB Park (665).