Swam every weekend during summer as a child until someone told me that frogs and fishes bite your toes and leeches infest the water close to the swim beach. I became too nervous to swim in lakes/oceans until coming out to paddle in False Creek. Now I avoid it because it is gross!! =(
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As of 2024, the Great Lakes Guide will be transitioning to Biinaagami.org. Biinaagami is a multimedia, change-provoking initiative rooted in Indigenous knowledge aiming to uplift voices and to connect people with their watershed.
