Grand Beach, Manitoba

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Grand Beach is a freshwater beach on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the northern edge of the town of Grand Marais in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements.

Grand Beach is part of Grand Beach Provincial Park and features 3 km of fine, white sand and is backed by sand dunes that rise up to 12 meters above the beach. A boardwalk at the West end of the beach offers food and shopping. Change rooms and plumbed washrooms are available all along the beach.

The park offers 48 seasonal camp sites, 18 of which have electricity. Available activities include excellent bird watching, cycling and hiking trails, boating and berry picking (saskatoons, chokecherries, and blueberries). In the winter the park offers snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. A parking pass is required to enter the park. Passes are $6 for three days or $25 for a yearly pass.

Grand Beach was once voted (by Playboy Magazine) one of the top ten beaches in the world .

History of Grand Marais and Grand Beach http://www.granite.mb.ca/gbdc/history.html

Google Map of Grand Beach and Grand Marais Area http://tourismgrandbeach.com/maps/google-map-of-grand-beach/

1 How to get there
- 1.1 By car
2 Yearly Events
3 External links

[edit] How to get there

Greyhound provides buses to Grand Beach but it is a limited bus route. See Greyhounds web site for details. There is no train station, and no airport. Therefore the only way to get there is by car, or walk, if you can handle it.

[edit] By car

[edit] From Winnipeg

To get to Grand Beach from Winnipeg, take Highway 59 North to Highway 12. The multiplex soon ends, and keep left onto Highway 12.

[edit] From Selkirk

From Selkirk, take Highway 320 North. You will reach a road marked by a sign that says, "Highway 4, left." Turn left on that road to get to Highway 4, and turn right. Cross the Red River. You will reach Highway 59. Turn left. Then follow the procedure from above.

[edit] From Beausejour

From Beausejour, all you have to do is take Highway 12 North to Grand Beach.

[edit] From Gimli and West

Take Highway 9 South (If from West of Gimli, take any highway till you reach Highway 9) to Highway 4. Turn left. Then follow the procedure as slated from Selkirk.

[edit] From Brandon and West

Take Highway 1 east (If from West of there, take any highway to Highway 1) to Winnipeg. Take exit ramp for Highway 101 north. Follow Highway 101 (Perimiter Highway) to Highway 59 north. Take exit for Grand Beach and follow Highways 59 & 12 as abover.