Belwood Lake (Quarry)

Centre Wellington, Ontario

Managed by Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide

Belwood Lake is 12km-long with excellent recreational opportunities such as boating, fishing, waterskiing, and of course, swimming. There are kayak rentals, motorboat rentals, the Belwood Sailing club, 3.3km of hiking trails around the conservation area, and a sandy beach for relaxing. The spring-fed quarry is a fantastic spot to cool off during the summer. The Shand Dam is on Belwood Lake, and offers a great view of the Grand River valley when you walk along it. There is a small entrance fee and flushable toilets.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is still essential. Only go to the beach if you are able to keep 6 feet or 2 meters away from others. Follow the instructions provided by your local health authorities. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter our efforts to curb the virus’s spread.

Water Quality

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on June 9th, 2022. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on June 23th, 2022 at 2:18 PM.

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Source Information

In 2017, Public Health Units with Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) beaches in their jurisdiction, in consultation with the conservation authority, reviewed the GRCA beach management program and made the decision to discontinue water quality testing by public health units at GRCA beaches.

These beaches are located within three health units in Waterloo Region, Brant County and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph.

GRCA will continue sampling every two weeks in the months of July and August and post results, along with the amount of rain fallen, on the GRCA website (https://apps.grandriver.ca/beachconditions/public/beachconditions.aspx). Swim Guide checks this website whenever sample information is updated during the swimming season.

In Swim Guide, a beach is marked Green when the geometric mean of at least 5 samples is below 200 E.coli / 100 mL water and each individual sample concentration is below 400 E.coli / 100mL. A beach is marked Red when the results are equal to or above a geometric mean of 200 E.coli / 100 mL water and/or 400 E.coli / 100 mL. A beach is marked Grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

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