Sauble Beach, Ontario
| Sauble Beach | |
| The beach of sand | |
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 Sauble Beach
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| Official name: Sauble beach | |
| Name origin: After the Sauble River | |
| Motto: Live life slow | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Southwestern Ontario |
| County | Bruce |
| Landmark | Sauble sign |
| River | Sauble river |
| Center | Bruce Peninsula |
| - elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°38′10″N 81°16′09″W / 44.63611°N 81.26917°WCoordinates: 44°38′10″N 81°16′09″W / 44.63611°N 81.26917°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code FSA | N0H |
| Area code | 519 |
  Location of Sauble Beach in Ontario
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Sauble Beach (pop. 2000) is a resort community and unincorporated area in the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, on the north edge of the Saugeen Nation. The beach takes its name from that given by early French explorers to the sandy Sauble River, originally Riviere aux Saubles, that empties into the lake at the beach. The first settler is reported to have been John Eldridge, who built a cottage nearby in 1877, although most of the resort development of the modern beach area dates from about 1948, including still-surviving attractions like the Sauble Lodge Motel and the Crowd Inn hot-dog stand. The main street has remained relatively untouched in the past 50 years.
At over seven miles long (11 km), Sauble Beach is said to be the second longest freshwater beach in the world after Wasaga Beach. A unique phenomenon of sandbar deposits building out along the Lake Huron shoreline keeps the water at Sauble very shallow and warm.
Recreational activities include swimming, windsurfing, water-skiing, fishing, golfing, lawn bowling, tennis, street dances, beach volleyball, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, birding, an annual Winterfest, weekly Family Movie Nights and an annual sandcastle contest. The Canadian National (Beach) Volleyball Championships have been held there, and the local Steelback Sauble Speedway is on the CASCAR professional racing circuit. The Sauble Beach Festival of the Classical Guitar has been held there since 2007. The area is a popular destination among young people for their annual May 2–4 campsite revelries.
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