Lake Hiawatha ??? Look, but don???t touch???
From:
Michelle Marcott
Date:
May 09 14:31 UTC
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I don't let my dogs off leash. But, after a brisk summer walk around Nokomis,
we used stop at Hiawatha's banks so they could cool their toes and grab a quick
drink. That stopped after one of them got very sick and needed a balloon of
fluid inserted between her shoulders. The vet guessed it was from drinking the
lake water. They haven't been in the water since, and that was over five years
ago--long before the beaches were ever closed for E Coli.
I have lived in the neighborhood for more than 28 years I have--believe it or
not--encountered a deer in the park on an early morning walk, and I have a
photograph of five herons standing in the mist at sunrise on Hiawatha beach.
While the lakes are beautiful to look at, I never once let my child swim in
either Nokomis or Hiawatha.