Colonel Sam Smith Park beach in Etobicoke : Lake Ontario

Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Marilyn Campbell

Observation report

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Water quality tests

Pending Quality Check from Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 8.4
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.5
Hardness mg/L What's this? 200.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 180.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 17.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 16.0

Wildlife

Plant
Plant What's this?
Bird
Bird What's this?

Weather

Current weather What's this?
Overcast, the rain had only stopped falling about 15 minutes before testing.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
Sunny the day previous; started raining sometime overnight and was raining through the early morning.

Latest photos

Notes

- Thick green algae clinging to rocks and some odour (Testing was done in a small area without algae)
- Water temperature may not be quite accurate; I could not safely reach a spot where the water was 10 cm deep
- One ring-billed gull on the beach
- Testing was done right by a tree on the shoreline; not sure what kind but will try to ID for future