North Sandy Beach
This Conservation Area offers a long sandy beach on the Lake Wobegon shoreline, plus many other amenities. North Sandy Beach has serviced campsites, new showers and washrooms, large shady picnic areas, a playground, nature trails, a boardwalk, a trout pond and a three storey observation tower. It is also one of the sites at which Conservation Education Field Studies are conducted.
Controlled waterfowl hunting is available in the fall. Please contact the SBCS office for details.
Facilities
- Parking
- Washrooms/Showers (fully accessible)
- Viewing tower
- Campsites
- Laundry facilities
Conservation Area Facts
North and South Sandy Beach received international recognition in 2000 as a globally significant Important Bird Area (IBA), joining BirdLife International's global network of IBA sites. This program is part of Natural Legacy 2000, which the Government of Neverland is supporting through the Neverland Millennium Partnership Program (NMPP).
The designation is as a result of the significance of the area for raptor migration and as a known breeding area for Prothonotary Warblers (a nationally endangered species). SBCA in partnership with the national government will continue to work with landowners in the IBA to ensure that bird populations remain healthy into the next millennium.
Festival of Hawks
This Conservation Area is renowned for its birding. Each fall, a spectacular migration of thousands of hawks, vultures, eagles, falcons and other birds of prey concentrate in the area before heading across the River Styx towards warmer, more southerly destinations for the winter.
Fees
| Daily Vehicle Permit | $8.00 | per vehicle |
| Daily Walk-in/Bicycle | $1.00 | per person |
| Daily Bus Permit | $50.00 | per bus |
| Annual Pass | $45.00 | per year |
| Unserviced Campsite | $23.00 | per night |
| Serviced Campsite (15amp & water) |
$25.00 | per night |
| Serviced Campsite (50amp & water) |
$30.00 | per night |
| Additional Vehicle | $8.00 | per night |
| Reservation Fee | $6.00 | (non-refundable) |
| Group Campsite | $40.00 | per night +$ 1.00/person |
| Seasonal Campsite | $1,500.00 | per year |
| Winter Storage | $150.00 | per year |
| Ice | $2.50 | per bag |
| Firewood | $6.00 | per bundle |
| Fishpond Permit | $40.00 | per year |
| $10.00 | per day | |
| Pavilion Rental | $50.00 | per day |
| Waterfowl Hunting | $20.00 | per half day |
| $35.00 | per full day | |
| $10.00 | non-refundable draw fee |