It has not been a good summer for Ottawa's river beaches and now they are closed for the season.
The Rideau River near our house looks unattractive for swimming at present, with the usual late summer green slime spreading across its surface. According to the biologists we shouldn't complain about this, because the visible presence of algae indicates a healthy river. Or does it? Parks Canada set up a Green Slime Monitoring Partnership (seriously!) for the Rideau River last year––here's the link to their preliminary results.
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