Summerland Polar Bear Dip
Summerland Polar Bear Dip offers symbolic way to signify new beginnings
SUMMERLAND - If you haven't already, it’s time to start thinking of New Year’s resolutions, and what better way to kick off a new year and turn over a new leaf than with a bracing plunge in Okanagan Lake? This is the 31st year the Summerland Kinsmen have sponsored the annual Summerland Polar Bear Dip. ...
PHOTOS: Hardy souls bring in the New Year in frigid style
ANNUAL POLAR BEAR DIP SUMMERLAND - About 150 hardy souls brought in the New Year with a dip in the frigid waters of Okanagan Lake near Summerland Thursday. Participants ignored a chilly south wind pushing breakers onto Sunoka Beach to rush headlong into the lake at high noon. Most were out within seconds of contacting...