Blue Flag on Wasaga Beach
Blue Flag on Wasaga Beach
I went camping at Awenda Provincial Park in Penetanguishene, Ontario this weekend. It isn’t far from Wasaga Beach, the world’s longest freshwater beach. I noticed a write up about Blue Flag and was curious to see what it was about.
The Blue Flag program is run by a non-profit organization that work towards sustainable development at beaches/marinas through strict criteria dealing with water quality, environmental education and information, environmental management, and safety and other services
To obtain a Blue Flag on your beach 29 specific criteria must be met. Criteria include:
- Posting water quality
- Posting information about the Blue Flag program
- Ensuring sewage does not affect the beach area
- The beach must be clean
- There must be washrooms
- There must be an adequate number of life guards on duty
I haven’t been to Wasaga Beach in a few years, but from what I recall it is always over crowded. Whenever there are that many people in one area garbage doesn’t always make it to the bins or the bins fill up, which eventually results in dirty beaches and water. The Blue Flag program will hopefully clean up the area and makes it more enjoyable for everyone.
Wasaga Beach is probably my favorite beach to go to. It’s very close to Collingwood/Blue Mountain, another favorite place of ours to go during the summer to do some fishing and kayaking.
What a great looking beach front property!
That really is an amazing picture!
Wasaga Beach looks amazing. It is too bad that such a beautiful beach is overcrowded and sometimes dirty. We will see what the Blue Flag Program can do for it.
beach are so beautiful that i cannot explain..thanks..
Nice natural senses here. Thanks for posting.
Beach is one of the great natural place to visit.