
August 3
2025

August 3rd
2025
Swim the Canal
Far from Ordinary…. Be Extraordinary
Our sixth annual “Swim the Canal” event has become an extraordinary community tradition of fun, festivities and celebration. There are two swim options, enter in the world-famous Bras d’Or Lake through the St. Peter’s Canal National Historic Site, ending at Battery Provincial Park beach on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. You can swim the length, 800 meters or the width, 100 meters from Battery Park to the canal wall and back All swimmers receive a monogrammed “Swim the Canal” water bottle to acknowledge their accomplishment. Spectators welcome. Come cheer us on.
Be one of the growing list of extraordinary individuals that can say…… they swam the length of a historic canal!
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Seaside Lobsterfest
June 2025

Nicolas Denys Days
July 2025
Wallace MacAskill Cup
August 2025

Swim The Canal
August 2025
Pirate Days
September 2025

Kitchenfest!
September 2025

Celtic Colors
October 2025

Festival of Trees
November 2025

Winter Festival
Jan - Feb 2026