A pair of North Bay beaches on Lake Nipissing have been deemed safe by the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit.
Swimmers were warned recently to avoid a pair of popular beaches on Lake Nipissing due to Blue-Green Algae.
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit advised the public on July 4 that a harmful a blue-green algae bloom was found in Lake Nipissing near Marathon Beach in North Bay and Centennial Park Beach in Callander.
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"Harmful blue-green algae can appear and disappear throughout the summer," the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit stated this morning on its Facebook page.
"The Health Unit advises swimmers to watch for blooms and not to swim in the area where the bloom is present."
The Health Unit says that beaches were never closed. The Health Unit has issued advisories for harmful blue-green algae; however, it is safe to swim in the area when the bloom is not present. Harmful blue-green algae advisories do not close the beach, but rather advise swimmers that they need to take caution in the area.
Visit www.myhealthunit.ca/algae for more details.
