Wasaga Beach
This week, Toronto Tuesday goes to Wasaga, a tourist beach town about 120km north west of the city.
Highway 400 N from Toronto to Hwy 26 that goes Bruce peninsula
Yesterday we went to Wasaga, a little town nestled in and around 14 kilometres of white sandy beach on Nottawasaga Bay, part of Georgian Bay, ultimately part of the great Lake Huron. Wasaga has 6 beach areas, the first (main) area being the most crowded one and the sixth being the least.
Stores in the tourist core
Beach area 1 is the core touristic area, with a number of little stores selling everything from fast food to sun glasses and swimwear to beer. This area has a very thick concentration of bikinis and speedos, most of them hanging out in the sun doing nothing or simply playing Frisbees (flying discs) or Volleyball. It was quite hot (the temperature) and noisy there, so we went to a quiter and nicer beach area 6.
Seagulls, relaxing on beach 6
Feeding the birds
I still love doing that!
The water was cold but once you get inside, it feels great. So far I’ve got my feet (and other parts) wet in 3 of North America’s 5 great lakes.
Sunset
Colorful sky
Watching the brilliant colors play in a post-sunset sky is always a pleasure. 
Information
Wasaga Beach is 120km NW from Toronto and can be reached in about 2 hours via Hwy 400 and Hwy 26. The beach town has a number of little resorts and motels that often get fully booked on the weekends. There are a number of restaurants and bars scattered around the town, and there are some nice-looking ones at the main beach (Beach #1). Other than that, there are a number of stores to cater to your needs of food, drinks and other supplies.
Interesting places near Wasaga Beach are the Blue Mountains, Scenic Caves and the resort town of Collingwood. There are a number of little conservation parks leading up to the beautiful Bruce conservation park further west. Overall, the place is an ideal getaway for a day or two.
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Nice! So what are the other two lakes that you got yourself wet? I haven’t seen Lake Huron yet; I’ve only strolled Lakes Erie (from the shores of Hamburg, NY), Ontario (from the shores of Sodus Point, NY), and Michigan (from the shores of Wilmette, IL).
The others are Ontario and Erie.
I’ve ‘hit’ Lake Ontario in Toronto, and Errie at a little town called Crystal Beach between Fort Erie and Port Colborne in the Niagara peninsula. I biked to Buffalo from there last year.
Nice sunset! When did you catch good weather? It was rainy and cold in Ottawa
Ah we were lucky! The bad weather was 4 days back and coming again tomorrow… Sending some sunshine your way.
I liked the grass, the sea and the birds and people feeding them, all together quite a lot.
Thanks Mridula, it was a beautiful beach indeed!
Wasaga beach…I guess that is it. There are some caves pretty close to this area, right? If so, been there in the late 90s. I think I’ve been to this beach and had forgotten the name, and now your post helped.
The sunset pictures here are awesome Priyank!
Hi Celine!
You got it right! The caves nearby are called “Scenic Caves”, I had been there sometime in 2007. I’m glad the post refreshed memories!
Beautiful Pics…
Thanks Ajeya!
Seeing the first photo made me dizzy. How do you guys drive in this mirror image of a ‘normal’ road?
hehehe, you get used to it!
Hello from Wasaga Beach.
Great road trip.
For anyone visiting soon next weekend ( July24th to 26th) is the Elvis festival in nearby Collingwood and the “Wasaga Under Siege” here at the Beach; a war of 1812 experience as Nancy Island Site and the town of Wasaga Beach comes to life with the roar of cannons and musket fire!!
Oh thanks for letting us know Andrew!
Right. Scenic caves. The temperature inside was so low that I felt like I was inside a fridge. And that was in August, supposedly during the so called warmer summery days in Ontario.
Oh yeah the frozen cave. Incredible isn’t it!
I didn’t know how it was possible…