{"id":76267,"date":"2025-08-16T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=76267"},"modified":"2025-08-16T21:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:51:59","slug":"blue-green-algae-at-hattie-cove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/blue-green-algae-at-hattie-cove\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-Green Algae at Hattie Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7289.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-76268\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7289-600x315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7289-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7289-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7289-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7289.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park Staff at Hattie Cove (Pukaskwa National Park) have received test results for the suspected blue-green algae detected at the canoe launch beach in Hattie Cove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-76269\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7290.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>What we know now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been confirmed that is indeed Blue-Green Algae<\/li>\n<li>The algae is confirmed to contain the toxin Microsystin-LA.<\/li>\n<li>The bloom is localized\u2014it has only been detected at the canoe launch beach in Hattie Cove.<\/li>\n<li>All other beaches, including those directly on Lake Superior, remain clear. Other areas of Hattie Cove are also not affected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current measures remain in place: canoe beach closed, \u201cDo Not Consume\u201d advisory for campground water, and no canoe\/kayak rentals available at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Check in with Park Staff at the Kiosk or Visitor Centre for details on alternative potable water sources and canoe\/kayak launch areas .<\/p>\n<p>Safety reminder:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid all contact with the water at the canoe launch beach.<\/li>\n<li>Keep pets away from the canoe launch beach area.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid eating fish and\/or fish organs caught in the area.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to Park Staff for details on where you can access clean drinking water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daily monitoring of Hattie Cove will continue and updates will be made as soon as there are changes. Thank you for helping us keep the park safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park Staff at Hattie Cove (Pukaskwa National Park) have received test results for the suspected blue-green algae detected at the canoe launch beach in Hattie Cove. What we know now: It has been confirmed that is indeed Blue-Green Algae The algae is confirmed to contain the toxin Microsystin-LA. The bloom is localized\u2014it has only been &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 18:29:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76271,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76267\/revisions\/76271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}