Loon Lake

BEACH INFO:
Loon Lake is a naturally stocked lake, one of the few in BC, featuring rainbow trout. The lake has log cabins, an RV park, boats, bait and tackle store, laundromat, playground, and srpring water. In the midst of Ponderosa pines, this 7-mile lake is also part of the nearby community, which holds an annual winter festival. Nearby wildlife includes deer, moose, coyotes, black bear, beavers, eagles, ospreys, and more.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.

For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.

Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample. The Swim Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available.

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Interior Health follows the recreational water quality criteria recommended by the the Canadian Recreational Water Guidelines. One sample is collected per beach per week. The geometric mean for each beach is calculated from the 5 most recent samples.Recreational water is considered safe if the geometric mean result is under 200 E.coli/100mL. The single sample criteria is 400 E.Coli/100ML. Should the geometric mean exceed 200 E.coli/100 mL, or the single sample result exceed 400 E.coli/100 ML, or in the event of a known hazard or spill, the Medical Health Officer will make an assessment of the risk to human health. If there is a risk to human health, a warning sign will be posted at the beach. Results are communicated on the Interior Health Authority website (https://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourEnvironment/RecreationalWater/Pages/default.aspx). To ensure consistency, Fraser Riverkeeper calculates the geometric mean result for the Interior Health samples. We update Swim Guide according to these results, as soon as they become available. Test results from the weekly samples for the Interior region beaches are typically posted on Fridays. Recreational water quality for a beach is determined by E. coli counts from based results collected by either the beach owner (local beach owners conduct their own beach testing and provide the sampling results to Interior Health) or Interior Health. A beach is marked Green when geometric mean results are under 200 E.coli / 100 ML water. A beach is marked Red when the geometric mean is equal to or above 200 E.coli / 100 ML water. A beach can also be marked red when a single sample result is equal to or above 400 E.coli/100ML water. A beach is marked Grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

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