Lifeguarding History

Lifeguarding History (HM105C)

Location: Norwalk, CT 06855 Fairfield County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 4.996', W 73° 23.649'

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By the late 1800s, swimming (or "bathing" as it was known as then) had become an extremely popular recreational activity in America. In the 1910s, the American Red Cross and Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) responded to the alarming number of drownings nationwide by beginning to organize, train and equip men specifically for water rescues. They were called "lifeguards."

Norwalk's first lifeguard corps was formed by a group of men, including brothers Louis, John and Alphonso Canevari, in the late 1920s, just a few years after Calf Pasture Beach Park opened. (Louis Canevari operated the picnic grove/beach at adjacent Shady Beach, while he leased - and later purchased - from the Marvin Family.)

Chartered by the Red Cross in 1928, Norwalk's volunteer lifeguards were initially based in a wooden station house built at about mid-beach. After that house was destroyed by a hurricane, a second lifeguard station stood very near this spot until the late 1980s.
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HM NumberHM105C
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Date Added Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 1:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 634886 N 4549242
Decimal Degrees41.08326667, -73.39415000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 4.996', W 73° 23.649'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 4' 59.76" N, 73° 23' 38.94" W
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Area Code(s)860, 203
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 44 Calf Pasture Beach Rd, Norwalk CT 06855, US
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