What a wonderful week. The weather was nice and warm but not extremely hot so we went up/down east and spent two days exploring beaches. Wow! Many interesting discoveries. Sometimes you find beaches by travelling down out of the way dirt roads. It’s super exciting to find these. But we discovered that sometimes beaches shown on PEI maps or on road signs aren’t there, have no access, or don’t appear to be a beach.
In just those two days we got to 21 beaches. Well, we actually got to more places than that but as I previously mentioned, not all turned out to be beaches.
I’ll be spreading these beaches over the next week.
BASIN HEAD PROVINCIAL PARK BEACH
Having been here before we were so excited to revisit.
What a huge disappointment.
I knew they were working on dredging the channel but it never dawned on me that the entire beach was closed. The only things open were the shops and the washrooms.😢 Having no desire to shop (I know. I know. That certainly doesn’t sound like me.) we didn’t remain here long.
Today I read this online, which explains the closure.
The wharf at Basin Head is closed temporarily for safety reasons.
While preparing for dredging the channel, bridge engineers noted structural damage beneath the wharf and deemed it currently unsafe for public access.
“Safety is the first priority and we will fix this issue now while we are dredging the channel,” said Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy Minister Steven Myers. “On Monday, engineers will develop the plan to fix the wharf. After that, we will have a better idea of how long the repairs will take and if a temporary passage to the east side of Basin Head is possible. We will do everything we can to fix this in the coming weeks.”
https://welcomepei.com/beaches/basin-head-beach/
This is what we were expecting.
But this is what we got.
Hopefully they’ll be able to open sometime this summer.
Here:
* large dirt parking lots
* washrooms
* changing rooms
* shops
* picnic shelters
* lovely white beaches (hopefully open this summer)
RED POINT PROVINCIAL PARK BEACH
What an outstanding beach! One of our favs so far.
Families were enjoying the beach, the picnic shelters, the campground, and the playgrounds. That’s what you want. I imagine that during the high season this beach is full of many happy beach goers.
https://www.tourismpei.com/provincial-park/red-point
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Point_Provincial_Park
We took a leisurely walk on the beautiful white sandy beach (but around the corner you find nice red rocks ) with the sun beaming down on us. Another positive was the water. It was warm enough to walk in but cool enough to be refreshing on our tired feet. Soothing. And we weren’t the only ones enjoying the beach. People were walking and sunbathing. Gotta love the summer.
We saw a sign that said unsupervised beach but today on the news I heard that the government was hiring more lifeguards for this beach due to Basinhead being closed.
Here:
* grass parking
* washrooms
* changing rooms
* playgrounds
* picnic tables
* picnic shelters
* metal stairs to the beach
* outdoor showers/taps to rinse off sand
* beautiful white sandy beach
Stay tuned. More to come.
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