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Accident on Lake Ontario, Neil McNeil
Accommodation
- For swimmers in the Dover & Folkestone area (English Channel)
Acknowledgements and web links
Advisory Board, SSO
Aspirants with SSO, current year
Atlantic City Swim
B
Barbados
- Chris Gibbs
Bell, Marilyn
- Marilyn Bell Park
- Canadian Top-10 Female Athletes of 20th Century
- Commemorative plaque, Toronto
- Commemorative Plaque, Victoria, BC
- Marilyn and The Mystery Woman (Florence Chadwick stand-in)
- Order of Ontario
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Athlete, 1993
Biographies of Swimmers
Board of Directors of SSO
Books on long-distance and marathon swimming
Breaststroke swimmers
- Anita Morrow
- Bryan Finlay
British Long Distance Swimming Association, BLDSA
George Brunstad
Bulsza, John
- Birthright International
- London Crisis Pregnancy Centre
- Poem dedicated to Lake Huron Swim
- The Sacred Image, Blessed Faustina
Burke, Edmund - Book on Optimal Muscle Recovery
Butterfly swimmers
- Vicki Keith
C
Canadian National Exhibition, CNE. Leveridge book
Carr, Annaleise
Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Comments on feeding, carbohydrates and dehydration
- Listing of successful crossings (1927, George Young; 1954 Tom Parks; 1989, Vicki Keith; 1993, Carlos Costa)
- Records
Cerebral Palsy, Ontario Federation
Chadwick, Florence
- Biography 1
- Queen of the Channel
Channel Swimming (The English Channel)
- Accommodation in Dover & Folkestone
- Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation, CS&PF
- Channel Swimming Association, CSA
- - CSA Listing of England-France Solo crossings to 2005
- - CSA Listing of France-England Solo crossings to 2005
- - CSA Listing of Multiple Solo crossings to 2005
- Comparison of times of Channel swimmers who have crossed Lake Ontario up to 2000
- Kings of the Channel
- Listing of Canadians who have crossed the Channel
- Master listing of Channel crossings, by Julian Critchlow
- Queens of the Channel
Chapman, Godfrey
Charities supported by SSO swimmers
- Birthright International
- Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
- Children's Wish Foundation International
- London Crisis Pregnancy Centre
- Long Point Biosphere Reserve
- Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy
- Special Olympics
- The Arthritis Society, Ontario Division
- Variety Village
Cleveland, Marcia - Book Dover Solo
Cliff Lumsdon Award of SSO
- 1993, Cliff Lumsdon
- 1993, Marilyn Bell
- 1993, Gus Ryder
- 1994, Carlos Costa
- 1995, John Scott
- 1996, Bob Weir
- 1997, Colleen Shields
- 1998, Jack Ramsden
- 1998, Joan Lumsdon
- 1998, Ted Roach
- 1999, Cindy Nicholas
- 2000, Vicki Keith
- 2002, James Salter
- 2003, Marilyn Korzekwa
- 2004, Bryan Finlay
- 2005, Kim Middleton
- 2010, Paula Stephanson
Commemorative Plaques
Cossette, Robert
Costa, Carlos
- Catalina Channel listing, 1993
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Swimmer, 2003
Couto, Abilio
Cowan, Ashley
Critchlow, Julian
D
Dean, Penny Lee - Open water swimming book
Diabetic swimmers
- Rick Goodwin
Diet
- Nutrition by Mike Read
- Optimal Muscle Recovery by Edmund Burke
Disabled Swimmers
- Ashley Cowan
- Carlos Costa
Distances, Lake Ontario
Dover Museum - Library of Swimmers
Dover Solo - Book by Marcia Cleveland
Drag during swimming
- Effect of removing body hair
- Use of wet suits
E
Ederle, Gertrude
- Queen of the Channel
Erikson, Ted
F
Finlay, Bryan
Fisher, Brenda
Fitzgerald, Edmund (Wreck of)
Forsberg, Gerald
- A tribute, 1912-2000
- Book on Modern Long Distance Swimming
- Swim listing
- Maritime background and achievements
- Swimming publications
- Maritime publications
Foster, Dan
Freedman, Shelagh
G
Gazel, Ben
Gibbs, Chris
Gibbs, Peter
Gibralter Strait Swimming Association
Gollop, Philip
Goodwin, Rick
- Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
- Gibbs, Chris
GPS, Magellan navigational systems
Gravett, Charlie
Grease, Swimming Times article by Dr H Baddeley
Great Lakes
- Water Conditions
Guinness Book of World Records - 24-hour-pool swims
H
Hair removal - Shaving down
Hampson, Jacqui
I
International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF)
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
J
Jaremey, John
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Swimmer, 2004
Jongerden, Paula
- Biosphere tribute poem to Paula
- Song tribute Lady of the Lake by Harry Jongerden
K
Keith, Vicki
- Catalina Channel listing, 1989
- Commemorative Plaques
- Order of Canada, 1992
- Order of Ontario, 1990
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Athlete, 1993
- Variety Village
- Vicki Keith Point - Leslie Street Spit - Tommy Thompson Park
King of the Channel
King, Loren
Kondrak, Angela
Korzekwa, Marilyn
L
Lac St-Jean
- Results of previous swims
Lake Erie
- Currents, Temperatures, Winds - Satellite GLERL
- Temperatures, Marine Weather Buoys
Lake Huron
- Currents, Temperatures, Winds - Satellite GLERL
- Temperatures, Marine Weather Buoys
Lake Ontario
- Clark Beach Park (Cherry Street beach)
- Course
- Currents
- Currents, Temperatures, Winds - Satellite GLERL
- Distances
- Leslie Street Spit (Vicki Keith Point)
- Marilyn Bell Park
- Plaque at Niagara-on-the-Lake dedicated to the swimmers
- Storms
- Water temperatures
- Water temperatures, Marine Weather Buoys
- Waypoints, Landmarks
Lakes, Listing of SSO-recorded swims:
- Georgian Bay
- Lake Couchiching
- Lake Erie
- Lake Huron
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Ontario: Toronto-Related
- Lake Ontario: Not Toronto-Related
- Lake Simcoe
- Lake Superior
- Map
Lake Michigan
- Currents, Temperatures, Winds - Satellite GLERL
- Ted Erikson's listing
- Temperatures, Marine Weather Buoys
Lake Superior
- Currents, Temperatures, Winds - Satellite GLERL
- Temperatures, Marine Weather Buoys
Lambert, Jenna
Lambert, Natalie
Langdon, Terri-Lynn
Leslie Street Spit - Vicki Keith Point - Tommy Thompson Park
Links
- Aqua Moon Adventures, Caribbean
- Atlantic City Swim
- BLDSA, British Long Distance Swimming Association
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- Channel Swimming Association
- Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation
- Dover Solo, The Channel and other OW Swims and links
- FINA Results, including marathon and long-distance swims
- George Park - Swim Downhill
- Gibralter Strait Swimming Association
- GPS, Magellan navigational systems
- Guinness Book of World Records
- Guinness Book of World Records - 24-hour pool swims
- International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF)
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Jersey Sea Swims
- Lac Memphremagog
- Lac St-Jean
- Manhatten Island Swim
- Masters Swimming - Australia
- Masters Swimming Canada
- Masters Swimming Ontario
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal
- Netherlands Open Water Web
- Open-water Marathon Swimming, Ocean Swims
- Open Water Swimmer web site
- River and Lake Swimming Association, UK
- South Africa
- - South African Open Water Swimming Association
- - Open Water Swimming in Cape Town
- SportScience - Journal
- SportScience - E-Mail Discussion listing
- SwimNews online
- SWIM magazine
- Swim Ontario
- Tampa Bay 24 mile Marathon Swim
- Ted Erikson - Web Site and Links
- The Channel Swimmers web site
- The Outdoor Swimming Society
- United States Masters Swimming
- Weather, Canoe
Lumsdon, Cliff
- Commemorative Plaque, Cliff Lumsdon Park
- Order of Canada, 1982
- Order of Ontario, 1989
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Athlete, 1993
- The premier award of SSO
Lumsdon, Joan
Lumsdon, Kim
- Lac St.-Jean, 1977
M
Mallette-Harrison, Nicole
Maps, MapQuest
- Clark Beach Park, Cherry Street beach
- Leslie Street Spit
- Marilyn Bell Park
- Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Port Dalhousie
- Toronto Waterfront
- Vicki Keith Point
Marine Weather Buoys
- Great Lakes
- - Eastern Great Lakes
- - Western Great Lakes
- United Kingdom
- World-wide map
Martin, Ingrid
McNeil, Neil
Middleton, Kim
Minty-Gravett, Sally
Moon, Appearance at different phases
Morrow, Anita
Muir, Jocelyn
Munro, John
Murphy, Kevin - King of the Channel
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Nagaraja, Madhu
- English Channel
- Lake Ontario
Navigational Landmarks - Waypoints
Navigational systems, Magellan
Netherlands Open-Water Web site
Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Course for Lake Ontario
- 1994 Plaque commemorating Lake Ontario swims
- 2011 New and Expanded plaque commemorating the Lake Ontario swims
Nicholas, Cindy (Cynthia)
- Canadians in the Channel
- Lac Saint-Jean (1976, 1977, 1978)
- Order of Canada, 1979
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Athlete, 1993
Nutrition
- Mike Read
Nyad, Diana
- Book "Other Shores"
O
Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame - See Swim Ontario (below)
Open Water Swimming - Book by Penny Lee Dean
Order of Canada
- Cindy Nicholas, 1979
- Cliff Lumsdon, 1982
- Gus Ryder, 1975
- Vicki Keith, 1992
Order of Ontario
- Marilyn Bell, 2002
- Cliff Lumsdon, 1989
- Winnie Roach, 1999
- Vicki Keith, 1990
P
Park, Tom
- Catalina Channel listing, 1954
Passfield, Loreen
- Canadians in the Channel
- Lac Saint-Jean (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
Physically challenged swimmers
- Ashley Cowan, Quadruple amputee
- Carlos Costa, Bilateral lower-limb amputee
- Robert Cossette, Polio victim
- Terri-Lynn Langdon, Cerebral Palsy
Plaques, commemorative
- Canadian-related Plaques & Monuments
- Cliff Lumsdon
- Marilyn Bell - Toronto
- Marilyn Bell - Victoria, BC
- Niagara-on-the-lake - 1994, Plaque commemorating Lake Ontario swims
- Niagara-on-the-Lake - 2011, New and expanded plaque
- Vicki Keith plaques
- Vicki Keith, Harbor Beach, Michigan
- Vicki Keith, Goderich, Ontario
- Vicki Keith Poem, Goderich
- Vicki Keith Point, Lake Ontario
Poems for swimmers
- John Bulsza
- Paula Jongerden
- Vicki Keith
- Anita Morrow, Beacon of Hope
Point, Vicki Keith
Price, Melanie
Q
Queen of the Channel
Queen of the Chichimaun
R
Read, Michael
- Achievements
- Autobiography
- Honours
- Mike on Nutrition
- The Administrator
- The Sportsman
Renford, Des
- Book "Nothing Great is Easy"
Roach, Debbie
Roach, Family relay crossing of Lake Ontario
Roach-Leuszler, Winnie
- Order of Ontario, 1999
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Swimmer, 1999
Roach, Ted
Ryder, Gus
- Order of Canada, 1975
- Swim Ontario Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer Builder, 1992
- Safety plan
S
Sadlo Jr, William (Bill)
Safety Plan, Gus Ryder
Salter, James
Schofield, Greg
Scott, John
- Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
- Children's Wish Foundation International
- Special Olympics
Sharp, Mervin
Shaving Down, Removal of body hair
Shields, Colleen
Slater, John
Solo Swims of Ontario, SSO
- Accident Neil McNeil
- Advisory Board
- Aspirants, Current year
- Assistance
- Board of Directors
- Cliff Lumsdon Award
- Gus Ryder safety plan
- Mandate
- Overview
- Recognition
- Registration and Information, SSORI
- Sanctions
- Swim Masters
Songs for swimmers
- Lady of the Lake, for Paula Jongerden
Songs of the Great Lakes
- Bannockburn, Traditional (Larry Penn)
- The Angel of Long Point, Tanglefoot
- White Squall, Stan Rogers
- Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot
Stephanson, Paula
St Marys, Ontario 5 km Masters championship
- Ed(win) Thomas trophies
- St Marys 5 km Ontario Masters Provincial championship
- St Marys 5 km results, 1996
- St Marys 5 km results, 1997
- St Marys 5 km results, 1998
- St Marys 5 km results, 1999
- St Marys 5 km results, 2000
- St Marys 5 km results, 2001
- St Marys 5 km results, 2002
- St Marys course
- St Marys, Fastest age-group times since 1986
- St Marys photos
- St Marys photos, 1999
- St Marys winners listing since 1986, Manulife and UWOAM trophies
- St Marys oldest swimmers listing since 1986, Ed Thomas trophies
Stoddart, Karen
- SSO Board Member
Storms
- Edmund Fizgerald
- White Squall
Sunburn, Sunblock and Sunscreen
SWAD: Swimmers with a Disability
- Ashley Cowan, Quad
- Carlos Costa, Para
- Jenna Lambert, Cerebral Palsy
Swim Masters
- Registration Process
Swimmers with biographies
Swim Ontario's Hall of Fame - Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame:
- Marathon Swimming Inductees:
- Bell, Marilyn, 1993
- Costa, Carlos, 2003
- Gazel, Ben, 2001
- Keith, Vicki, 1993
- Jaremey, John, 2004
- Lumsdon, Cliff, 1993
- Muir, Jocelyn, 2001
- Nicholas, Cindy, 1993
- Roach, Winnie, 1999
- Ryder, Gus, 1992
- Young, George, 1996
Swims, Listing of swims recorded by SSO:
- Georgian Bay
- Lake Couchiching
- Lake Erie
- Lake Huron
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Simcoe
- Lake Superior
- Map
T
Tampa Bay 24 mile Marathon
Taylor, Duncan
- A tribute
Taylor, Gregg
Temperatures
- Marine Weather Buoys
Thompson, Patty
Tides, Moon Phase predictions
Tides, current in Dover harbour
Tommy Thompson Park - Vicki Keith Point - Leslie Street Spit
Toronto's Beaches - Water Status
Twenty-Four-Hour pool swims
U
University of Western Ontario Aquatic Masters
- Ed(win) Thomas trophies
- St Marys 5 km Ontario Masters Provincial championship
- St Marys 5 km results, 1996
- St Marys 5 km results, 1997
- St Marys 5 km results, 1998
- St Marys 5 km results, 1999
- St Marys course
- St Marys, Fastest age-group times since 1986
- St Marys photos
- St Marys photos, 1999
- St Marys winners listing since 1986, Manulife and UWOAM trophies
- St Marys oldest swimmers listing since 1986, Ed Thomas trophies
V
Vicki Keith Point - Leslie Street Spit - Tommy Thompson Park
Vierkoetter, Ernst
W
Wandratsch, Christof
Waypoints - Navigational Landmarks
- Lake Erie
- Lake Huron
- Lake Ontario
- Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching
Weather Forecasts
- Canoe
- Currents, Temperatures, Winds on the Great Lakes
Weir, Bob
Wennerberg, Conrad: Book on Wind, Waves, and Sunburn
Wet Suits
Whiteside, Samantha
Willoughby, Greg
Wood, Rick
XYZ
Young, George
- Catalina Channel listing, 1927
- Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer Athlete, 1996
Zinc oxide creams
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