Signs urge beachgoers to avoid streams in P.E.I. National Park due to high bacteria levels

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There are caller signs astatine Parks Canada beaches on Prince Edward Island's North Shore advising visitors not to swim in 3 streams owed to precocious levels of E. coli bacteria.

Testing confirmed beingness of E. coli fecal coliform successful 3 streams, says Parks Canada

Delaney Kelly · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 16, 2025 3:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

bathing is not recommended owed to precocious fecal coliform levels' with a achromatic soil formation and the water successful the background.

There are caller signs astatine Parks Canada beaches on Prince Edward Island's North Shore advising visitors not to aquatics successful 3 streams owed to precocious levels of fecal coliform bacteria.

The streams are each located wrong P.E.I. National Park — astatine North Rustico Beach, MacNeills Brook Beach, and where Clarkes Pond meets the water successful Cavendish.

The national bureau says the bacteria number is modular for this clip of year, and radical tin inactive usage the beaches safely arsenic good arsenic aquatics successful the ocean.

Parks Canada said the bacteria successful the 3 streams has been identified as E. coli, and it could person travel from a fewer antithetic sources, including ducks, geese and manure dispersed successful adjacent workplace fields.

Visitors cautioned to enactment retired of immoderate streams successful P.E.I. National Park owed to precocious bacteria levels

New signs astatine immoderate beaches successful P.E.I. National Park are informing visitors to enactment retired of 3 streams of h2o that conscionable the water betwixt Cavendish and North Rustico. That’s due to the fact that of precocious levels of E. coli bacteria from feces successful the water, a reasonably mean occurrence astatine this clip of year. CBC's Nicola MacLeod explains.

Parks Canada said the dry and blistery upwind could besides beryllium contributing to the rise successful bacteria levels.

"This level of coliform does not impact the prime of the water water," the agency said successful a statement. "As a precaution, it is mostly safer to aquatics oregon prosecute successful recreational activities successful the water alternatively than successful outflow streams.

"While incidental interaction — specified arsenic walking done these streams — is improbable to airs a important wellness risk, prolonged vulnerability oregon allowing children to play successful them is not recommended."

The bacteria levels were detected done regular water testing. Parks Canada noted that the contented could besides beryllium impacting different streams in the state that aren't taxable to specified testing.

People connected a achromatic soil formation photographed from the beach's entrance.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Delaney Kelly is simply a integer writer with CBC P.E.I. who studied journalism astatine Concordia University. She was antecedently a newsman astatine Iori:wase successful Kahnawake Mohawk Territory.

With files from Nicola MacLeod

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