Huron Expositor, 2017-06-21, Page 15Wednesday, June 21, 2017 • Huron Expositor 15
Bayfield celebrates renewed Blue Flag status of main beach and marina
The Municipality of Bluewater, in partnership
Ar with the Bluewater Beach Committee, Pioneer
Park, and Ausable Bayfield Conservation,
raised its Blue Flag last week, in promotion
of cleanliness, water quality, and safety
Sheila Pritchard
Postmedia Network
Two blue flags were raised for
another year on June 15 in celebra-
tion of Bayfield's renewed Blue Flag
status, one for the Main Beach and
another for the Bluewater Marina.
The Blue Flag designation is a
world-renowned eco -certification
administered by Environmental
Defence in Canada and by the
Foundation for Environmental
Education internationally for
beaches and marinas. When you
see a.Blue Flag flying, you know a
beach or marina is clean and
accessible; has great water quality;
meets high safety standards; and is
working hard to protect local
shorelines and ecosystems. In fact,
Bluewater Marina received Blue
Flag status in 2009 and was among
the first three marinas in North
America to do so. The Main Beach
narrowly missed attaining the sta-
tus that year, but was awarded the
flag soon thereafter.
This year, the flag for Bayfield's
Main Beach was unfolded at Pio-
neer Park where Bluewater Mayor
Tyler Hessel spoke about the impor-
tance of the recognition. "The Blue
Flag is a very proud thing for me,"
declared Hessel, adding talks of the
initiative started back in 2007. "I did
an educational session with Envi-
ronmental Defence, brought back
all that information, and we decided
to take the next step to move for-
ward. It's one of my favourite pro-
jects that Bluewater does."
The flag unfolding was followed
by a rain garden presentation and
tour led by Kelly V'adar of the Blue -
water Beach Committee and Pio-
neer Park Association. Attendees
then moved down to the main
beach for a ribbon cutting by Brett
Tryon of Blue Flag Canada. Fol-
lowing that, a storm water sam-
pling was done at beach level by
I lope Brock and Sandy Scotchmer
of the Bluewater Beach Committee.
The event was concluded with an
inspection of the beach led by
Committee members Arlene
Parker, h'lari \'eliz, and Erica Clark.
Beaches given the Blue Flag
acknowledgement must meet pro-
vincial standards for water quality
and safety standards, including
lifeguards or lifesaving equipment.
Beaches are required to meet 33
criteria and marinas must meet 25.
Bayfield is one of the 27 beaches
and eight marinas in Canada that are
now flying the Blue Flag. There are 46
countries and more than 4,000
beaches and marinas that have been
certified all over the world.
Hessel says the multiplicity can
use the designation as a marketing
tool.
Sheila Pritchard
Bluewater Deputy Mayor Jim Fergusson and Mayor Tyler Hessel proudly pose
with Bayfield's Blue Flag.
"[This] acknowledgement in turn
ends up being a global advertising
scheme for us and it's a great part of
our marketing tool for the Bayfield
region, as well as it promotes health
and well-being, as well as a safe
environment for people to swim in.
And we do monitor the lake quality
itself and keep all our residents and
tourists informed of that quality."
Hessel says he is honoured to see
Bluewater Municipality and Bay-
field receive this designation once
again this season.
"We're a very proud community
when it comes to water quality, as
well as beach safety, and, of course,
protecting our families and youth
that come to visit our community
itself."
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