Renfrew pre-dam (former beach) : Bonnechere River

Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Kathryn Lindsay

Observation report

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Water quality tests

Pending Quality Check from Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 8.1
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 7.0
Secchi depth m What's this? 1.3
Chloride ppm What's this? 1.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 100.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 80.0
Water depth m What's this? 3.0
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 123.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 29.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 22.0

Latest photos

Notes

Total chlorine 1.0 mg/L; entered in chloride data field
Weather: now - sunny; last 24 hr- thunderstorm; last 48 hr- cloudy
Sampled in an eddy on the downstream side of the pier (photo); across from the confluence with Smith's Creek (photo); upstream from the first dam (photo)
Water was murky; no aquatic plants visible
No IAS observed
Birds: Canada Goose poo on grass and pier; Warbling Vireo; Red-winged Blackbird; Ring-billed Gull; American Redstart
Met a couple at the Renfrew boat launch who commented that they still swim here even though it is posted by Renfrew County & District Public Health as "Unsafe for bathing".