Hundreds of people, some dressed in costume and some barely dressed, braved the chilly waters of the Alberni Inlet for the annual PEAK FM Polar Bear Swim at Canal Beach, south of Port Alberni, on New Year's Day.

Hundreds of people, some dressed in costume and some barely dressed, braved the chilly waters of the Alberni Inlet for the annual PEAK FM Polar Bear Swim at Canal Beach, south of Port Alberni, on New Year's Day.

Chilly dippers brave frigid Alberni Inlet

Hundreds flocked to Canal Beach south of Port Alberni to ring in 2017 with PEAK FM's annual Polar Bear Swim.

Alberni Valley News