12 Percent - Parks and Protected Areas System Plan Consultation

Groves Point Provincial Park

County

Cape Breton

Size

4.64 hectares

Classification

Wayside

Status

Designated; Operational

Location NS Atlas

14 W 1

Managed As

Supporting Park

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Overview

Very popular beach park on the Bras d’Or Lake

Education Values

Coastal processes

Tourism Values

One of few public beach parks on the Bras d’Or Lake; close proximity to Trans Canada Highway; serves industrial Cape Breton

Outdoor Recreation Values

Beach access, swimming, carry-in boat opportunity, picnicking

Annual Visitation

200 per day in summer

Other Site Considerations

This is an exposed site so some tree blowdown and beach debris build up.