Josh Reid

Josh Reid in Lake Erie. Photo by Sarah Doktor of the Simcoe Reformer

Event Organisation

Reid is the co-founder of the RE7 North Shore Challenge for Camp Trillium, an open water swimming event on Lake Erie in Norfolk County, Canada. Together with Annaleise Carr, Reid co-founded the 750m, 1.5 km and 3.8 km race that is part of the Canadian Open Water Swim Series.
Reid is the co-organizer of the 20 km Embrace The Challenge in Lake Erie with Miguel Vadillo.

He completed a 25 km marathon swim from Pottahawk to Turkey Point to Port Dover in Lake Erie as a charity swim for Keira Gayowsky, a student at Jean Vanier Elementary in Brantford where Reid is a teacher.
He was a pace swimmer from Annaleise Carr in her swims in Lake Erie.
He competed in the 3.8 km Variety Village Open Water Swim at Lake Boshkung.
He is member of the North Shore Swimmers that was established in 2008 by Scot Brockbank, Wayne Boswell, John Rolfe, and Chris Peters on the North Shore of Lake Erie.
He completed the 12.8 km Swim for the Cure.
He completed the 15 km BIG Swim from New Brunswick to Prince Edwards Island.
He was the 30-39 mens's age group champion of the 2015 Global Swim Series.
He is a swimmer and organizer of the Swim For Erie, a series of 10 stage swims between 2 -3 km around the Lake Erie watershed over a 24-hour period from 8 - 9 September 2018 by Josh Reid, Anita Doppenberg, Michael Kenny and Jennifer Agnew. The event is a charity swim for the Lake Erie Guardians.