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The quaint clapboard
exterior of Bethune Memorial
House, Gravenhurst

second­longest freshwater
beach in the world. The beach
takes its name from the
EXPERIENCE Ontario French explorers: “La Rivière
moniker given to it by early
au Sable” (river to the sand).
Running behind this beach is
a narrow band of campsites,
cottages, and cabins. The
center of the resort is at the
pocket­sized village of Sauble
Beach, which has a population
of only 500 and has several
friendly guesthouses and
31 vacation destinations. Wasaga B&Bs in its quiet backstreets.
Beach, with its miles of golden
The most attractive camping
Muskoka sand, is the longest freshwater is found at Sauble Falls
beach in the world. As well as Provincial Park, north of the
@ Gravenhurst, Huntsville swimming and sunbathing, beach. There is also good
n 1342 Hwy 11 North RR
#2, Kilworthy; www. there is the curious Nancy birdwatching in the area.
discovermuskoka.ca Island Historic Site, behind
Beach Area 2. This has been in
Muskoka comprises an area operation since 1928, and is
north of Orillia, between the home to a museum housing Did You Know?
towns of Huntsville and the preserved HMS Nancy, one
Graven hurst. The latter lies at of few British boats to survive There have been over
1,000 shipwrecks on
the center of this lake country; the War of 1812.
a resort at the south end of Located on the southern Lake Huron, with
Lake Muskoka. Here, a national shores of Georgian Bay, many ships still lying
historic site is devoted to the Collingwood and the Blue on the lake floor.
life and work of Doctor Norman Mountains make an excellent
Bethune (1890–1939), who location for hiking, cycling,
pioneered mobile blood and paddling in summer. In
trans fusion units during the winter, the resort town of Blue
Spanish Civil War. Bethune Mountain is one of Ontario’s
Memorial House, his birth­ top destinations for downhill
place, has been restored in skiing and snowboarding.
late 19th­century style.
Bethune Memorial House 33
" ⌂ 235 John St N § (705)

687 4261 #Mid-May–mid- Sauble Beach
Oct: 10am–4pm daily (late @ Owen Sound n RR1,
Oct: Thu–Mon)
Sauble Beach; www.
saublebeach.com
32 One of the finest sandy
beaches in Ontario, Sauble
Nottawasaga Bay Beach stretches for 7 miles
(11 km) along the shores of
£ Wasaga Beach or Lake Huron – making it the
Collingwood n 45 St Paul
St, Collingwood; (705) 445
7722 or 1 888 227 8667
Part of scenic Georgian Bay, A shipwreck in Big Tub
Nottawasaga Bay is one of Harbour, seen through the
the region’s most popular clear waters of Lake Huron
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