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One quiet little gem of a place you may want to call off at for half an hour or so is a little park which serves as a small grassed beach to Lake Simcoe near Beaverton. It offers some fantastic photo opportunities if you can get there at the right time, and if you’re interested in seeing some of the famous North American ‘mile long’ trains then here is one of the best spots you could park to see some.

One of the best things you could do to make the most of this is – if you’re hungry, call off at the nearby Tim Hortons, McDonalds or Subway and pick yourself up some dinner, then just another two junctions up Highway 12 turn left and near the end you’ll get to a railroad crossing, carefully cross and immediately take the left entrance into the gravel carpark. If you can hit this place at just the right time you’ll get some stunning sunset photos – though it is equally beautiful on a bright warm sunny day. Check out my directions below to get from the local food places to the beach

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The car park is free, and every time we have been it has been very quiet ~ if you’re lucky some times in the summer you get to see windsurfers launching from here. In the winter, standing in this same spot you’ll be looking over the largest lake in the whole world which completely freezes over – seeing skidoos zipping back and forth over the frozen lake. Below are some of my photos, but there’s pleanty of opportunity for you to snap your own if you’re in the area!

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