Paddling — Flatwater.
LaSalle Park on the north shore of Burlington Bay is the Burlington-side flatwater put-in — sheltered bay water inside the Beach Strip, with Aldershot trail-and-beach access and the LaSalle Park Marina at the same point. Five minutes from the launch you're paddling Hamilton Harbour, sheltered from open-lake fetch by the canal and the strip.
The brief.
LaSalle Park has a beach launch and the LaSalle Park Marina; it is the principal Burlington paddling base. Burlington Bay (Hamilton Harbour) is sheltered from open-lake wind by the Burlington Canal and the Beach Strip; paddling conditions are typically calmer than Lake Ontario open water.
Commercial port traffic dominates the open-lake side of the Beach Strip (the Burlington Shipping Canal is an active commercial waterway) — stay inside the bay. Beachway Park gives short kayak/SUP access at the canal mouth, but the open-lake side is not advised.
Cootes Paradise marsh paddling is a Hamilton-side launch from Princess Point.
Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds.
