Posted Aug 20, 2020, 5:43 AM
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Originally Posted by megadude
Don't know if this has been covered here before, but what makes a place a "beach town"? Does it have to be seasonal (in Canada) as in the population explodes in the summer? Does it have to have arcade, boardwalk, tacky shops, a pier, mini golf and go karting on a strip? Tonnes of cottages for rent and "resorts"?
And what's the line between a town on the water that happens to have a small beach and a "beach town"? Are there any towns that straddle that line?
I consider Wasaga, Sauble, Grand Bend and the small one I pass by, Balm Beach, to be beach towns. Doesn't necessarily have to have all those things I mentioned, but it just feels like a beach town and has that beach culture. I'm not sure about Port Elgin, Lambton Shores, Kincardine and Southampton, all on Lake Huron along with Sauble and Grand Bend. Port Dover on Erie is arguable, considering it has a couple of these features and palm trees! But really, it's known more for Friday the 13th biker rallies.
And of course, provincial parks don't count, unless there's one I don't know about that has those things.
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I've been to many "beach towns" in Canada. They exist in every province but aren't all the same of course. Normally the ones where the population explodes are not too far from major centres of population. And beach towns are often quite diverse. Tofino BC is definitely not at all like Wasaga Beach ON as an example.
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