Pinawa Beach

Managed by North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper

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Pinawa Beach is located on the northern end of Whiteshell Provincial Park along the Winnipeg River. The Winnepeg River and Pinawa Channel provide boating, sailing, kayaking, caoeing, and fishing. The town of Pinowa also offers a variety of snow mobiling, cross country skiing and hiking trails. The area has mixed forests, granite ridges and beaver dams.

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Water Quality

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 29th, 2022. North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on September 7th, 2022 at 8:53 AM.

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Source Information

Sites in Manitoba are monitored by the Province of Manitoba, Agriculture and Resource Development in cooperation with Manitoba Health.

Visit Manitoba.ca/beaches for the most up-to-date information about Manitoba beach water quality.

Report algal blooms in Manitoba at forms.gov.mb.ca/algal_report/index.html.

If the geometric mean of E. coli samples exceeds Manitoba’s recreational water quality objective of 200 bacteria/100 mL and/or when a single sample contains more than 400 bacteria/100 mL the beach is re-sampled.

A beach is marked Green when the geometric mean of E. coli samples is below Manitoba’s recreational water quality objective of 200 bacteria/100 mL.

A beach is marked Red when the geometric mean of E. coli samples is above Manitoba’s recreational water quality objective of 200 bacteria/100 mL.

A beach is marked Grey when reliable or up-to-date information is not available.

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Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Otter Falls Campground Beach Otter Falls, Manitoba	Otter Falls, Manitoba	Current Status
Dorothy Lake Beach Whiteshell, Manitoba	Whiteshell, Manitoba	Historical Status
Opapiskaw Campground Beach Pinawa, Manitoba	Pinawa, Manitoba	Historical Status
Nutimik Lake Beach Pinawa, Manitoba	Pinawa, Manitoba	Historical Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.