VISITOR INFORMATION
Schedule / hours: 2017: Open year-round
Admission price: 2017: FREE
Address: The parking lot is off Shanty Bay Road
BarriePhone: Website: www.barrie.caNearby restaurants: • At the corner of Dunlop Street east and Fred Grant Street, you’ll find a pretty part of old Barrie with restaurants, pubs and cafés, including a Second Cup (74 Dunlop East).
While you are there: • Barrie’s local theatre, Theatre by the Bay, produces two summer shows every year throughout August: a Shakespeare play and a family show for children 3 years and older.
Age group: 2 - 12 years old
Attraction suitable for:
Toddlers
Preschoolers
School
Preteen
Where the locals go
I wanted to know where the locals like to go. I was directed to Johnson Beach, east of the downtown and just a 5-minute drive from Barrie’s main beach, Centennial Beach. A large wooden staircase leads to this cute and tiny beach (which includes change rooms and bathrooms). From its shore, you can see Centennial Park to the far right. There’s a flat finely crushed stone trail passing right between the parking lot and the entrance to this beach. It leads to downtown Heritage Park, 3 kms away, and beyond. A perfect starting point for a family biking ride.
