Sailing & Boating.
Friday Harbour at Big Bay Point operates a 1,000-slip marina — one of the largest on Lake Simcoe — at the south side of Kempenfelt Bay's mouth, with the Marina Village and the Nest golf course on the same master-planned parcel that opened in 2017. Innisfil Beach Park's marina adds three public boat launch ramps and a town-operated dock on Cook's Bay.
The brief.
Friday Harbour is a private resort marina; Innisfil Beach Park is the standard public launch on the Innisfil side, with three ramps and seasonal town slips. From either, sailors and powerboaters run out into one of Ontario's busiest recreational lakes — Cook's Bay south, Kempenfelt Bay north, and the open Lake Simcoe basin east toward Georgina Island and the Atherley Narrows that connect to Lake Couchiching.
Best season is May through October; ice forms reliably on Cook's Bay in January and February, ending the recreational boating season.
3. places.
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Friday Harbour marina
1,000 slips at Big Bay Point on the south side of Kempenfelt Bay; resort marina with Marina Village and the Nest 18-hole golf course; opened 2017.
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Innisfil Beach Park marina
Town-operated marina on Cook's Bay; three public boat launch ramps; seasonal slips; paid in-season parking for non-residents.
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Lake Simcoe open basin
Cook's Bay south, Kempenfelt Bay north, and the open Lake Simcoe basin east toward Georgina Island and the Atherley Narrows.
Today's read.
Temperature (3.4°C) below the typical range.