Parlee Beach Provincial Park
| Parlee Beach Provincial Park Parc provincial de la Plage-Parlee (French) |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Parlee Beach
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| Location | Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Nearest city | Dieppe |
| Coordinates | 46°14′28″N 64°31′00″W / 46.24111°N 64.51667°WCoordinates: 46°14′28″N 64°31′00″W / 46.24111°N 64.51667°W |
| Area | 0.64 ha (1.6 acres) |
| Established | 1957 (private park since 1800s) |
| Visitors | 400,000+ (in 2010) |
| Governing body | Government of New Brunswick |
Parlee Beach Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park located in Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick.
Parlee Beach Provincial Park is located in eastern Westmorland County fronting the Northumberland Strait on the northeast side of Pointe-du-Chêne and forming the boundary with the community of Cap-Brulé.
The park and beach received its name in 1959 in honour of T. Babbitt Parlee, the former Minister of Municipal Affairs in the ministry of New Brunswick Premier Hugh John Flemming; Parlee having died in an airplane crash in 1957.
The park extends south from the beach approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) to Main Street (Route 133), with the campground located on the eastern boundary. In 1989, The Beach Boys played a successful concert to approximately 20,000 fans at a temporary concert stage on a large mowed green space between Main Street and the beach.
Each spring the provincial government replaces sand on the beach that is lost due to winter storm erosion and storm surge damage.
The property is owned by the Government of New Brunswick and operated by the Department of Tourism and Parks. Parlee Beach Provincial Park includes the following facilities:
The park is open from 8am-10pm during the summer months. Parlee Beach is patrolled by lifeguards from the first weekend of June until Labour Day.
The waters of the Northumberland Strait are sometimes marketed as having some of the warmest ocean waters on the east coast of North America north of Virginia. Parlee Beach Provincial Park is one of New Brunswick's most popular recreational areas, attracting over 16,000 visitors on weekend days and has annual visitation rates of over 400,000 (entirely in the summer months).
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