With so much water surrounding the city we should have a robust population of open water swimmers, but we don’t, Shawn Micallef writes. Pools are closed and drained, and white pants put away, though there are three more weeks of official summer followed by fall days that are often summer-warm. A Toronto beach is a remarkable border between the urban landscape and wilderness. The summer pools bit is especially important here, where getting out to farther flung lakes can be difficult or impossible for many. Swimming then means cold, pain and elation.” We insist summer is over too quickly, so be sure to have a dip soon.

Source: thestar August 18, 2017 15:56 UTC