St Marys River
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
46.50228, -84.30676
- Group: NORDIK Institute : Sault Ste. Marie Water Rangers Team
- Site ID: SSM-24
- Lat: 46.5010362
- Lng: -84.3052625
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Toronto
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Lots of boats and water rides are seen, some birds as well. And due to the heavy wind, the bridge was almost floating on it's own, quite unstable and not safe for someone to get there alone, specifically if he/she doesn't know swimming.
People are playing in the water with kids, riding scooters in the water, Lots of birds/ducks in the water, and Plants are growing in the water
Ducks
Lots of ducks in the water
The dock is shaking, walk in the middle of the dock.
There are ducks and seagulls. I could also see fish.
The dock is shaking. Found seagull, ducks and fish.
Microplastics on the water surface.
Dock moves - walk in middle
Don't hang over dock
Windy watch your paper.
Geese , Guy on an water mobile
Wear gloves when monitoring this water. The stagnant water in the marina is cloudy and could have e-coli from the water fowl visitors.
There was a single goose approximately 3 meters from the monitoring site. There was a cormorant fishing in the marina. There was a beaver in the marina by the other dock, see video. A Yabbie crayfish was identified on the boat launch on the right side of the dock. It was rather large in size approximately 3- 4 inches in length with bright blue claws.
The water is dirty use gloves when sampling its very important that the water does not tou=ch your skin as there were oily sheen observed possibility from last season.
Odour: Rotten Eggs - Hydrogen Sulphur.
There were 6 seagulls, 2 loons and 2 Golden Eyes on the water. There were also a qautic begeation floating on the waters surface it could have been transported by a boat. There were two boats in the marina parked. There were two geese on the waters edge where community members were fishing.