About Wasaga Beach

Natural Features

The glaciers that covered much of Ontario during the last Ice Age left their marks on the Wasaga Beach area. As ancient Lake Algonquin receded, a series of shorelines were left behind. These ancient beach ridges played an important role in determining the Wasaga landscape today.

These unique geological features have preserved over 10,000 years of history, painting a picture of the forces that have shaped our landscape today. These forest covered landforms are researched and studied for their ability to host threatened natural habitats and provide interesting relationships between events of the past and today's natural occurrences.

Park Facilities and Activities

Wasaga's 14-kilometre-long graceful crescent of shore sands on a gentle, shallow bay draws thousands of visitors each summer. Families enjoy swimming in the warm, shallow waters and playing on the wide sandy beach. The park is divided into eight beach areas each with its own parking lot.

While swimming is the big draw, hiking, fishing, picnicking, and canoeing on the Nottawasaga River are some other activities to be pursued in the park and area. Nottawasaga Bay is suitable for many types of watercraft, especially large motorboats, sailboats and windsurfers. Boats can be rented from one of several marinas in the Town of Wasaga Beach.

The fragile dune environment in the Natural Environment Zone may be explored over several interconnected trails called the Blueberry Plains Trails, totalling some 26 kilometres in length. The park also has a marked bicycle path along the shoreline.

Various interpretive programs are offered at the Nancy Island Historic Site , where visitors learn about the natural and cultural history of the area. Popular activities include spirit programs and weekly outdoor Jazz concerts.

Wasaga Beach offers some of the most exciting nordic ski terrain in Central Ontario with 30 kilometres of trails. Expert skiers are challenged on the groomed and track set "High Dunes Trail", or you may choose a more leisurely ski on the "Blueberry Plains Trail". The Blueberry Nordic Centre offers modern equipment rentals, warm-up shelter and outback ski shelters to warm up a lunch on a crisp winters day. A quiet skier will be rewarded with wildlife viewing as white-tailed deer and winter birds are abundant.

From late March to mid October, the park is open from 8:15 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. A second operating period runs from early December to late March. Outside these periods, the park is gated and vehicles are not permitted to enter.