We are not to be found in the virtual racks of Best Beach Holiday Destinations.
This, like most sweeping generalizations, does not tell the whole story, however.
Canada has a bumper crop of beaches, if not the climate to enjoy them year-round, and the coronavirus that has clobbered those Caribbean sun plans is poised to give our oft-neglected shorelines their moment in the sun.
With some 250,000 km of coastline, it’s a geographic given that this country will have beaches worth boasting about.
Here a few worth investigating:
British Columbia’s wild west coast off Vancouver Island is raved about by surfers and nature worshippers for good reason. At the 49,000-hectare Pacific Rim National Park, Long Beach unspools 16 kilometres of lush foreshore between the communities of Ucluelet and Tofino and is renowned for its pounding waves and centuries-old First Nations heritage. You can spend entire days here walking the largely isolated beaches.
Near the UBC campus, the Fraser parking lot at Pacific Spirit Regional Park will see its pay parking fees increase from $2 per hour to $2.50 per hour.
The regional district also considered implementing pay parking based on a reservation system for the Centennial Beach parking lots at Boundary Bay Regional Park, with fees of $5.00 per half-day and $10.00 per day, but there are no plans to introduce any pay parking at this location in 2021.
In an email to Daily Hive Urbanized, the regional district’s parks department states these transportation demand management measures are necessary due to the unprecedented demand and traffic issues experienced this year as a result of COVID-19, with visitation to regional parks increasing by 43% in the spring and summer compared to 2019.
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RCMP say a University of British Columbia student was jogging in Pacific Spirit Regional Park on Wednesday around noon when she was attacked and robbed by a man.
Near the UBC campus, the Fraser parking lot at Pacific Spirit Regional Park will see its pay parking fees increase from $2.00 per hour to $2.50 per hour.
The regional district also considered implementing pay parking based on a reservation system for the Centennial Beach parking lots at Boundary Bay Regional Park, with fees of $5.00 per half day and $10.00 per day, but there are no plans to introduce any pay parking at this location in 2021.
In an email to Daily Hive Urbanized, the regional district’s parks department states these transportation demand management measures are necessary due to the unprecedented demand and traffic issues experienced this year as a result of COVID-19, with visitation to regional parks increasing by 43% in the spring and summer compared to 2019.