Walking & Strolling.
The Frenchman's Bay waterfront is Pickering's defining walking ribbon — Beachfront Park on the south spit, Millennium Square on the bay's east side, and the east and west spits framing the constructed channel from the bay to Lake Ontario. The Great Lakes Waterfront Trail crosses the bay outlet and continues east toward Ajax and west along the lakeshore.
The brief.
The Frenchman's Bay waterfront is flat, paved or boardwalked, and continuous between Beachfront Park and the marina spits at the bay outlet. The Pickering segment of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail crosses the bay outlet and runs the lakeshore east-west, passing Alex Robertson Park on the lake side west of the bay.
The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is the visible coastal landmark immediately west of Frenchman's Bay. Best season is May through October for the full waterfront ribbon; the Waterfront Trail stays accessible year-round.
3. places.
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Frenchman's Bay Waterfront
Beachfront Park (south spit), Millennium Square, the east and west spits, and the constructed channel from the bay to Lake Ontario.
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Great Lakes Waterfront Trail (Pickering segment)
Lake Ontario shoreline route through the city; signed and maintained.
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Alex Robertson Park
Municipal park on the lakeshore west of Frenchman's Bay.
Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds · clean air.