Belmont Provincial Park

Belmont Provincial Park is off of route 123, half an hour from Summerside. The beach has an unsupervised swimming area, along with a playground, washrooms, fireplaces, picnic areas, and showers. The author Lucy Maud Montgomery, famous for the Anne of Green Gables series, taught at Belmont School, though the school has now been moved to Cavendish, PEI. The large waves during spring months make Belmont beach a popular spot with surfers, and home to an annual surfing festival. This beach is off of the famous scenic North Cape Coastal driving tour, a stunning way to see the island.

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Prince Edward Island does monitor recreational water quality. Please use caution if visiting these beaches and look for signs posted in the area indicating whether the water is clean enough for swimming.

Tide information is posted online http://www.tourismpei.com/beachreports

Please note: some estuaries may be anoxic. Information is available on the PEI Environment website: http://www.gov.pe.ca/environment/anoxic-events

Visitors can often find sand dunes at PEI beaches and parks. Dunes are fragile and easily damaged. It can take as few as 10 footsteps through the same area to destroy a marram grass colony. The roots of this protective plant cover act as a net, shaping and containing the sand. Wind blows away at the exposed sand, turning small depressions into giant holes called blowouts. Blowouts turn stable dunes into constantly shifting hills that are unable to support vegetation or wildlife.

Please use the boardwalks and carpeted foot paths at designated beach access points and stay off the dunes to prevent further damage.

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Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Cabot Beach Provincial Park Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island	Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island	Current Status
Green Park Provincial Park Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island	Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island	Current Status
Linkletter Provincial Park Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Current Status
Union Corner Provincial Park Wellington Station, Prince Edward Island	Wellington Station, Prince Edward Island	Current Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.