Parks Blog

Category: Beaches

  • Improving accessibility at North Beach Provincial Park

    A day on the beach is an essential Ontario Parks experience. There’s almost nothing better than soaking in the sun, relaxing on the sand, or playing in the water with friends and family. This summer, John Cairns, from the Wheelchair of Hope Foundation, helped make this possible for all North Beach Provincial Park visitors through the donation…

  • Where to swim at Ontario Parks

    Nothing beats a cool dip on a hot summer day so we asked park staff where they think the best swimming is in Ontario:

  • Health benefits of swimming

    Whether you walk through the waves or jump off the dock, there’s no better way to cool off than going for a swim. This summer, as you escape the sweltering heat in one of Ontario’s lakes, think about these head-to-toe benefits your body is receiving from that dip:

  • July's digital download

    Twilight on the beach, watching the light play across the gentle waves and ripples of the lake. What could be more magical? This month’s FREE digital download was snapped at Grundy Lake Provincial Park. 

  • Beach accessibility at Ontario Parks

    Beaches can be an accessibility challenge for park visitors using walkers or wheelchairs. Because of the soft sand, wheels and legs of walkers can sink in, making them tough to maneuver. As a part of our commitment to making parks as accessible as possible, more parks are offering beach accessibility measures to help visitors explore…

  • Spring flooding at Ontario Parks

    **NOTE: this post was last updated on June 18, 2019, and will not be updated again in 2019. Please refer to our alerts page for further flooding updates. Due to this spring’s high water levels, many provincial parks are experiencing flooding, which may delay their opening, or close their trails and campgrounds. We’re maintaining an…

  • Dynamic dunes at Pinery

    Today’s post comes from Alistair MacKenzie, our Supervisor of Natural Heritage Education and Resource Management at Pinery Provincial Park. In a province dominated by the rock of the Canadian Shield, sand is rare. If we combined all of Ontario’s coastal sand dunes together, they would only make up less than 0.5% of our province’s land. We can…

  • Pancake Bay voted Lake Superior’s “Best Beach View”

    What’s Pancake Bay’s secret? Is it the white, sugary sand? The Caribbean blue-and-turquoise waters? The expansive views across Lake Superior from the beach, or high above from the Edmund Fitzgerald Lookout. Actually, it seems to be all of the above and more. For the sixth year in a row, Pancake Bay Provincial Park has been…

  • Beach therapy: some TLC for our most popular shorelines

    Today’s post comes from Assistant Zone Ecologist Jenni Kaija, who shares a story of ecological restoration unfolding at Long Point Provincial Park. As I made my way down to the sandy shoreline of Cottonwood campground in Long Point Provincial Park, I was overjoyed to spot a huge flock of gull and tern species resting just off…

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