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Beaches & waterfront

Discover beaches & waterfront across Durham Region. Read original visitor guides, location details and source-checked access notes.

Footbridge reflected in Petticoat Creek, with trees and Lake Ontario beyond.
A footbridge over Petticoat Creek near Lake Ontario, photographed in November 2020.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 CA · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.
Petticoat Creek Conservation Park

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Footbridge reflected in Petticoat Creek, with trees and Lake Ontario beyond.
A footbridge over Petticoat Creek near Lake Ontario, photographed in November 2020.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 CA · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Pickering · Beaches & waterfront

Petticoat Creek Conservation Park

A Lake Ontario conservation park for shoreline walks, picnics and a connection to the Waterfront Trail.

Pickering · Beaches & waterfront

Rotary Frenchman's Bay West Park

A rebuilt waterfront park on the southwest shore of Frenchman's Bay, with a beach, picnic area and Waterfront Trail link.

Ajax · Beaches & waterfront

Carruthers Marsh

An east-side Ajax waterfront park beside a coastal marsh, with lake views, a splash pad and a permit-only pavilion.

Water and shoreline trees seen from Rotary Park in Ajax under an evening sky.
Waterfront scenery at Rotary Park in Ajax, photographed in 2010.Photo: deltawhiskybravo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Ajax · Beaches & waterfront

Rotary Park

An Ajax waterfront park at the mouth of Duffins Creek, with a beachfront area and access to the Waterfront Trail.

Whitby · Beaches & waterfront

Iroquois Beach Park

A sandy Whitby beach across from Port Whitby Harbour, with open green space for walking and picnics.

Whitby · Beaches & waterfront

Kiwanis Heydenshore Park

A Lake Ontario beach park in Whitby with a playground, splash pad, picnic shelters and the Waterfront Trail.

Picnic bench beside the Lakeview Park waterfront with a ship on Lake Ontario beyond.
Lake Ontario seen from Oshawa’s Lakeview Park waterfront, photographed in June 2017.Photo: V. L. · CC0 1.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Oshawa · Beaches & waterfront

Lakeview Park

Oshawa’s Lake Ontario park combines a beach, picnic spaces and connections to waterfront and creek-side trails.

Still water and a wooded shoreline at Darlington Provincial Park.
McLaughlin Bay at Darlington Provincial Park.Photo: John Vetterli · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Clarington · Beaches & waterfront

Darlington Provincial Park

A provincial park on Lake Ontario near Bowmanville with a sandy beach, day-use areas and nature trails.

Brock · Beaches & waterfront

Beaverton Harbour Park

A Lake Simcoe waterfront park in Beaverton with a beach, picnic space and a walk-out pier.

Brock · Beaches & waterfront

Thorah Centennial Park

A Lake Simcoe park near Beaverton with a sandy beach, picnic grounds and a playground.