On a beautiful March day we packed up the truck for a day trip to MacGregor Point Provincial Park. It’s a two and a half hour drive from home but there are several places you can stop on the way up and back, if you like to break up the drive. Consider stopping at Ipperwash Beach, the Pinery Provincial Park, Grand Bend, Bayfield, Goderich, Point Clark, Kincardine or Inverhuron. Check out our site for posts on some of these locations for more ideas.
We walked the Huron Fringe trail and got to the beach. It was so beautifully calm and clear that we started walking toward Sunset Point.
Many parts of the shoreline are more marshy and rocky than the specified beach area further south done the shore. Along this walk in the summer you’ll find frogs and many different wildflowers growing.
The sky was a brilliant blue and the bright sun was warming us and making it feel much later in the season than it was.
Maya always enjoyed the many different scents along the beach and was always hopeful to find a dead fish or something else ‘gross’ to either put in her mouth or to roll in. Thankfully, she didn’t do either on this hike.
This is what a happy dog looks like. Maya loved to travel with us, whether it was on day trips or long camping trips. She was an amazing companion to both of us and very photogenic!
Here you can see the shoreline covered in large rocks, boulders and sand. Storms with high waves bring driftwood far up onto the beach. 
The water was so clear and inviting, but definitely too cold for us and Maya was just too old to enjoy the cold water on her joints. It was still delightful to look at the ripples in the water and to think about the coming summer.
People had obviously gathered the driftwood and other wood pieces to make this structure out on the point. Could make a great signal fire, not that you would need one.
No matter how cold the water was, Maya still had to venture far enough in to get her toes wet, have a little drink and maybe pick up a rock or two.
This boardwalk is part of the beach and the Huron Fringe Trail, which is stroller friendly and wheelchair accessible.
MacGregor Point only has a small sandy beach, which we have never swam at, actually. But the rest of the shoreline is fun to hike and explore and, of course, to photograph.
The park is one of few provincial parks that are open year round and if you’re not into winter tent camping, you can rent a yurt instead.
