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Water played a critical part in the life of Ocean Falls. Linked to the outside world by the weekly boats, lashed by heavy rains, with the ocean in front and Link Lake above, it is hardly surprising that fishing, boating and swimming were among the leading recreational activities in the community. The company built an indoor swimming pool, and it is perhaps for its swimmers that Ocean Falls is most famous. This was especially so during the late 1940s and early 1950s when Lenora Fisher, Alan Gilchrist and Sandy Gilchrist, among many, swam in numerous international competitions including the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki.
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