Great Bear Swim
The Great Bear Swim is a series of open water swims in Canada.
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Great Bear Swim 2016
The Great Bear Swim 2016 was a 50 km stage swim from Ocean Falls to Bella Bella, Canada on 12-13 July 2016 by Dale Robinson, Susan Simmons, and Jill Yoneda. The three swimmers started from the Ocean Falls Aquatic Centre in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada and swam down Cousins Inlet to Fisher Channel. Once they reached Stoney Island, at the halfway mark, they exited the water and spent the remainder of the day and the night on this small island at the halfway point. On 13 July, they entered the waters of Fisher Channel and headed toward Gunboat Passage. They passed Shearwater and headed across Lama Channel to Bella Bella.
Great Bear Swim 2016 Video
with Dale Robinson, Susan Simmons, Jill Yoneda
Great Bear Swim 2017
The Great Bear Swim 2017 was a two-day open water swim on 19-20 June 2017 by Susan Simmons who entered the water from the shores of Bella Bella on Campbell Island in British Columbia’s Inside Passage. Following the BC Ferries’s route she swam south through Lama Pass and then turned east swimming between Hunter and Denny Islands. She exited the water for the day. The following day she entered the water from where she exited the day prior and continued her journey down Fisher Channel and into Fitz Hugh Sound and continued until she reached Namu.
Great Bear Swim 2017 Days 1-2
Great Bear Swim
Crossing the Fitz Hugh Sound by Susan Simmons.
External links
- The Spirit Orcas Prepare for a 30 km Circumnavigation Swim Around Pender Island
- The Great Bear Swim by Susan Simmons – Final Stage: Crossing Fitz Hugh Sound
- Open Water Swimming
- Great Bear Swim
- Great Bear Swim, Susan Simmons' Journey To Namu
- A Tale Of Two Currents And 3 Tankers
- What I Learned From The Ocean As I Swam To Koeye
- Day 2, Namu Part 2 Fisher Channel
- Day 1, Namu Part 2 Lama Pass
- Canadian Trio To Attempt Great Bear Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- World Marathon Swimming Association
- Trio Completes Expedition Swim In Great Bear Rain Forest
- Susan Simmons Had A Whale Of A Time In Canada
