01/25/2023
Congratulations Lac Pelletier Regional Park . We can now boast that one of our long time clients are Guiness World record holders. 👏🏆
We are beyond excited and proud of our community!!! Lac Pelletier Regional Park is the new Guinness world record holder for the longest line of water inflatables with a length of 358.70 meters.
On Saturday July 30, 2022, participants began lining up for Lac Pelletier Regional Park’s (the Park) attempt at setting a new Guinness World Record for longest line of water inflatables. The current Guinness Record was set in 2018, with 215.10 meters of water inflatables in Milan, Italy at an indoor swimming pool. The Park had lofty aspirations and a difficult challenge ahead with a goal distance of 300 meters on our open water lake. Starting at 9:00AM, hundreds of people, with their water inflatables, began making their way into the lake, off Ona’s Beach and at 11:15AM, the line was established and the stabilizer rope removed. Immediately Wade E. Phair, SLS P. Surv. from GeoVerra began the official on water measurement and drone operator Clancy Melhoff began videoing the line. The wind was picking up so the time was now to make our goal!
Once everyone was out of the water, the day’s festivities continued, with the Lac Pelletier Golf Committee sponsoring a barbecue for everyone to enjoy put on by Swift Current – Ride for Dad. Following the barbecue, the Beach Party sponsored by the Lac Pelletier Social Committee was well underway. A great day for all in attendance.
Garth Melhoff, Executive Chair of the Lac Pelletier Regional Park Board, expressed the appreciation of the Board for the overwhelming support received from businesses, community groups, participants, volunteers, and the organizing committee. “The Guinness attempt was truly a regional community event with everyone working together to achieve a common goal in the spirit of what Lac Pelletier Regional Park is all about.”
In the weeks following the attempt, event coordinator, Tammy Tangen, collected and reviewed the documentation for submission to Guinness for certification and was cautiously optimistic that a new world record had been set. After months of waiting, on January 17, 2023 official notification was received from Guinness that Lac Pelletier Regional Park is the new Guinness world record holder with a length of 358.70 meters.
To view the official record, go to: Longest line of water inflatables | Guinness World Records
In addition to setting a new world record the event through business sponsorships and participant registrations raised over $6,500 to be put towards Lac Pelletier shoreline restoration projects.
