Hearding Island Canal (20th St)

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Just north of the Hearding Island State Wildlife Management area, this harbor-facing beach is one of several on Park Point. Hearding Island is a man-made island. It was created with dredged materials, pulled from the bottom of Duluth Harbor in the 1930s.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
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Current Weather

9°C

Mostly clear

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Source Information

Minnesota Department of Health samples beaches weekly from May to September. When sample results are reported on the Beach Monitoring Program website, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper updates Swim Guide.

All recreational public beaches in Minnesota are tested weekly, typically from Memorial Day to Labor Day. High priority beaches may be monitored twice a week during the swimming season. Popular kayaking and canoe areas are also monitored during May and September-October. Minnesota beaches are posted when a single sample exceeds 235 E. coli / 100 ml or when the geometric mean of 5 samples collected over 30 days exceeds 130 E. coli / 100 ml.

In the USA, the Environmental Protection Agency has two sets of recommendations for freshwater and marine beaches. A single sample at a freshwater beach should not exceed 235 E. coli / 100 ml of water. A single sample at a marine beach should not exceed 104 Enterococci / 100 ml of water. The geometric mean of 5 samples from a freshwater beach should not exceed 126 E. coli / 100 ml of water. The geometric mean of 5 samples from a marine beach should not exceed 35 Enterococci / 100 ml of water. States may choose to use this standard or they may substitute a standard that is "as protective as" the EPA's recommendation. The Beach Act is the nation's primary beach protection law.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Lakewalk Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth, Minnesota	Historical Status
Minnesota Point (15th Street Harbor Side) Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth, Minnesota	Historical Status
Franklin Park (13th Street South) Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth, Minnesota	Historical Status
Lafayette Community Club Duluth, Minnesota	Duluth, Minnesota	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Lakewalk

Duluth, Minnesota

Historical Status

Minnesota Point (15th Street Harbor Side)

Duluth, Minnesota

Historical Status

Franklin Park (13th Street South)

Duluth, Minnesota

Historical Status

Lafayette Community Club

Duluth, Minnesota

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.