Waverly Beach - Public Road Allowances
Situated in the remnants of Erie Beach Park, a defunct amusement park that was open from 1885-1930, Old Lake Erie Beach Park offers the opportunity to walk through some of Canada’s history. You can see what remains of the promenade, the dance hall, and the “world’s largest swimming pool” as you walk alongside the park on Friendship Trail.
This location is monitored by the Lake Erie - Niagara Hub, one of Swim Drink Fish’s recreational water monitoring hubs and was established in collaboration with the Niagara Coastal Community Collaborative.
A section of this beach is also sampled by Niagara Region Public Health, the results of which can be found under “Waverly” here on the Swim Guide. The Lake Erie - Niagara Hub samples the areas beyond the areas already sampled to provide a holistic understanding of this historic stretch of coastline, and to let the public know when it is safe to swim at these public access points.
A lot of the Waverly Beach shoreline between Kraft Drain to Waverly Beach Park is privately owned through “water lots” that were issued by the city of Fort Erie in the past. They are no longer issued and public road allowances now provide public access to the Lake. These public road allowances are sampled because they are some of the very few locations where the public can access Lake Erie, these access points are known in Fort Erie as “Windows to the Lake”.
To access the detailed open data for this location visit https://www.recreationalwater.ca/niagara
Keep your distance from other people.
Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.
For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.
- Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
Historical Status
Waverly Beach - Public Road Allowances
Keep your distance from other people.
Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.
For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.
- Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time
- Historical Status
Situated in the remnants of Erie Beach Park, a defunct amusement park that was open from 1885-1930, Old Lake Erie Beach Park offers the opportunity to walk through some of Canada’s history. You can see what remains of the promenade, the dance hall, and the “world’s largest swimming pool” as you walk alongside the park on Friendship Trail.
This location is monitored by the Lake Erie - Niagara Hub, one of Swim Drink Fish’s recreational water monitoring hubs and was established in collaboration with the Niagara Coastal Community Collaborative.
A section of this beach is also sampled by Niagara Region Public Health, the results of which can be found under “Waverly” here on the Swim Guide. The Lake Erie - Niagara Hub samples the areas beyond the areas already sampled to provide a holistic understanding of this historic stretch of coastline, and to let the public know when it is safe to swim at these public access points.
A lot of the Waverly Beach shoreline between Kraft Drain to Waverly Beach Park is privately owned through “water lots” that were issued by the city of Fort Erie in the past. They are no longer issued and public road allowances now provide public access to the Lake. These public road allowances are sampled because they are some of the very few locations where the public can access Lake Erie, these access points are known in Fort Erie as “Windows to the Lake”.
To access the detailed open data for this location visit https://www.recreationalwater.ca/niagara
