Visit St. Peter's

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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