Grand Beach Provincial Park

Grand Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg, and has large white sand dunes and ancient beaches from the end of the last ice age. Lake Winnipeg is one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world, and the largest within the borders of southern Canada.

The park is approximately an hour and twenty minutes drive from Winnipeg and is located in the westernmost part of the Rural Municipality of Alexander and the northernmost part of the Rural Municipality of St. Clements. There are numerous tourist attractions, which include food and merchandise vendors, recreation facilities, bike, hiking, and ski trails, a fishing dock, a boardwalk, and camping facilities. The park attracts thousands of visitors a year, and is a very popular tourist destination. The park is a sanctuary for the piping plover, an endangered species of bird that nests on the beach. Bald eagles, bears, sea gulls, terns, and pelicans are among a wide variety of species that inhabit the area.

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Coordinates: 50°34′05″N 96°33′42″W / 50.56806°N 96.56167°W / 50.56806; -96.56167

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