Climate change, better atmosphere reason to move Polar Bear Swim: Bon Soo

A warm indoor changing space, live music and hot food and drink will be available to Bon Soo polar bear swimmers this year at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre

A decision to move the Polar Bear Swim from Bellevue Park to The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre is a positive change that will offer people more options to celebrate the festivities, says a spokesperson for the 2023 Bon Soo Winter Carnival.

“I think this is a positive change for the better, as opposed to let’s shrink it down and put it in a garbage dumpster, or whatever it was,” said Ingram. “This has a lot of intersectionality behind it and we have a real chance to make it a bigger splash — pun intended — than it has been.” For this year’s sixtieth anniversary of the festival, polar bear swimmers will be able to get ready at a warmed indoor changing station inside the venue while listening to live music by the Hustle Brothers, while enjoying warm chili or hot chocolate at the canteen.

The change of venue also helps the festival to protect one of its premier events that at times has had to be cancelled last minute due to warm weather conditions making it unsafe for crowds to stand on the ice at Bellevue Park.

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