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  1. Great! This was very helpful, I know where I will be camping this summer :) Thanks! – Marisol

  2. Weโ€™ve been there. Very nice beach. Just be aware that the west end of the beach is a nudist beach. No signs or anything, we just happened upon it, quite shocking if thatโ€™s not your thing.

  3. That’s true. We have been to the regular beach at the end a few times, beach 5 I guess, but you see couples and singles walking out west, you can see a lot of umbrellas set up in the distance. It’s beyond the park boundaries but it’s apparently well known and well established.

    The sand flies can be a nuisance at times but the water is usually really nice. I had been to the (free) town beach as a kid and hadn’t returned here until this year, but the provincial park seems like the better bet. The lighthouse in town at the top of the hill and the submarine by the river are cool to see as well. The ice cream place is very popular too, try the Port Burwell Sunken Treasure. A single scoop on a waffle cone is $5.00 but it’s a huge one scoop.

  4. I enjoyed looking at your pictures from 10 years ago. Unfortunately, the park has now put up a large ugly chain link fence to keep people from accessing the beach via the west pier. The beloved boardwalk has been recently torn up and the park has blocked up access to the east parking lot. The park no longer grooms the beach. Over the last 10 years, The park has lined dead logs to encourage dune development and Hundreds of popular trees now line the beach, reducing the area of Sandy beach. The park also has some serious drainage issues, causing flooding of the road, parking lots and boardwalks that access the beach during spring and large storm events. I suggest not to swim in the area between beach 3 and 4 where a tributary drains directly onto the beach attracting birds all year round. Algae blooms are often visible to the eye in this area. Nice bird habitat, but not good as a recreational beach. The beach has changed dramatically since the pictures you took 10 years ago. Still beautiful, but With rising Lake Erie water levels, there is limited recreational beach. The focus has changed from a recreational amenity to a natural habitat. Iโ€™m not claiming this is a bad thing. Just different.

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