print email comment close Swimming the Channel URL: http://www.doverdc.co.uk/museum/information_resources/channel_swimmers.aspx Description: "An online resource on the early history of swimming the English Channel." Although this site does not present a comprehensive list of all attempts to swim the English Channel, it does include a list of records and firsts and provides highlights of Channel swimming attempts from the 1870s through 1950s. From the Dover Museum. Publisher: Dover Museum Library of Congress Subject Headings: Long distance swimming -- English Channel Swimmers Swimming LII Database Information: Record 16591 created by Jennifer English on 12/01/2003 Last modification on 03/27/2009 Published: 12/01/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16591