Tag: beach
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Barrier-free Bonnechere
Highlights of a trip to Bonnechere Provincial Park often include visiting the beach and taking a dip in the sparkling waters of Round Lake. Until recently, enjoying these and other activities in the park could be challenging for those using a wheelchair or walker. This past year, as part of Ontario Parks’ commitment to making…
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Neys Provincial Park’s Trapp Cabin
We’ve introduced a new camp cabin to our suite of roofed accommodations, and it’s named after an important figure in Ontario Parks’ history. Here is the story of the new Trapp Cabin at Neys Provincial Park.
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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…
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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…