Hillside Beach Cottage Guide
Food scene
This place has really great food and the ice cream is amazing! The store also carry essential items such as bread, milk, eggs and snacks should you need anything.
18 locals recommend
Hillside Beach Store & Eatery
38167 Hillside Beach RdThis place has really great food and the ice cream is amazing! The store also carry essential items such as bread, milk, eggs and snacks should you need anything.
Birchwood Motor Hotel
112018 Provincial Trunk Hwy 59Cold beer vendor
Located across the street from Saffies General Store in the heart of Albert Beach. Great place to enjoy a meal.
11 locals recommend
Le Gouter
170 Saffie RdLocated across the street from Saffies General Store in the heart of Albert Beach. Great place to enjoy a meal.
Absolutely amazing cookies and bread. Check them out, just reopened! Great coffee as well.
Village Green Bakery
112 Birch AvenueAbsolutely amazing cookies and bread. Check them out, just reopened! Great coffee as well.
Convenience store/Liquor
Traverse Bay Corner
Manitoba 11Very nice convenience store, great fresh bread and liquor.
Best general store in the area with good selection and prices.
19 locals recommend
Saffies General Store, Albert Beach
2 Rue GirardBest general store in the area with good selection and prices.
Sports
18 hole public golf course. This championship course borders the Belair Provincial Forest in the heart of the lake country, minutes away from both Grand and Victoria Beaches.
26 locals recommend
Grand Pines Golf Course
Provincial Trunk Highway 5918 hole public golf course. This championship course borders the Belair Provincial Forest in the heart of the lake country, minutes away from both Grand and Victoria Beaches.
Putters Dream Mini Golf
Provincial Trunk Highway 59Great Family fun! Get some ice cream too while you are there.
Beaches & Neighbourhoods
The beach is behind the community clubhouse, which has served summer residents since the resort was developing in 1925. In July and August, Victoria Beach becomes a walking and cycling only community. Visitors may park for a fee in the Victoria Beach Parking Lot beside Highway 59 North, and walk or bike along Arthur Road approximately 800 m to the beach. Fortunately, the walk to this beach takes you past a general store and a great little bakery so picnics are no problem. The beach is unsupervised, and serviced by portable washrooms. There are no official picnic areas or municipal facilities, but there is a baseball field and tennis courts. There is a nearby golf course, and the beach has a marina and yacht club.
23 locals recommend
Victoria Beach
The beach is behind the community clubhouse, which has served summer residents since the resort was developing in 1925. In July and August, Victoria Beach becomes a walking and cycling only community. Visitors may park for a fee in the Victoria Beach Parking Lot beside Highway 59 North, and walk or bike along Arthur Road approximately 800 m to the beach. Fortunately, the walk to this beach takes you past a general store and a great little bakery so picnics are no problem. The beach is unsupervised, and serviced by portable washrooms. There are no official picnic areas or municipal facilities, but there is a baseball field and tennis courts. There is a nearby golf course, and the beach has a marina and yacht club.
East Grand Beach is on Highway 59 to Highway 12. The beach is thought to be one of the best beaches in North America, and attracts thousands of visitors each year with fine, white sand stretching 3 km along Lake Winnipeg. The beach is located within Grand Beach Provincial Park, requiring a 3 day or seasonal park pass which can be purchased at the park entrance. The park provides change rooms and washrooms along the beach front.
8 locals recommend
Grand Marais
East Grand Beach is on Highway 59 to Highway 12. The beach is thought to be one of the best beaches in North America, and attracts thousands of visitors each year with fine, white sand stretching 3 km along Lake Winnipeg. The beach is located within Grand Beach Provincial Park, requiring a 3 day or seasonal park pass which can be purchased at the park entrance. The park provides change rooms and washrooms along the beach front.
Hillside Beach is a long sandy beach along a protected bay on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The beach is bordered by a lagoon separated by sand dunes. The Hillside Beach lagoon is large and suitable for boating, fishing, or bird watching. There are boat launches into both the lagoon and the lake in Hillside. The public beach has portable outhouses installed during the summer months for visitors. Hillside Beach has a general store and gas station one block from the beach which has a restaurant and picnic tables, and provides modern washrooms. They also serve ice-cream and sell firewood.
21 locals recommend
Hillside Beach
Hillside Beach is a long sandy beach along a protected bay on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The beach is bordered by a lagoon separated by sand dunes. The Hillside Beach lagoon is large and suitable for boating, fishing, or bird watching. There are boat launches into both the lagoon and the lake in Hillside. The public beach has portable outhouses installed during the summer months for visitors. Hillside Beach has a general store and gas station one block from the beach which has a restaurant and picnic tables, and provides modern washrooms. They also serve ice-cream and sell firewood.
Albert Beach is a natural, freshwater beach with fine sand located on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. It is north of Grand Beach Provincial Park off Highway 59, and on the south shore of Traverse Bay which faces Elk Island Provincial Park. Albert Beach boasts quaint vintage cottages, and the community has a gas station, licensed restaurant, and general store where they offer internet access and tasty coffee.
17 locals recommend
Albert Beach
Albert Beach is a natural, freshwater beach with fine sand located on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. It is north of Grand Beach Provincial Park off Highway 59, and on the south shore of Traverse Bay which faces Elk Island Provincial Park. Albert Beach boasts quaint vintage cottages, and the community has a gas station, licensed restaurant, and general store where they offer internet access and tasty coffee.
Sightseeing
Elk Island Provincial Park, located 32 km north of Grand Beach, is about 900 hectares in size. Situated 1.2 km from the mainland, it is only accessible by boat. The island is virtually free of development and offers visitors an attractive wilderness setting. Parts of its shoreline where many, large, different coloured boulders are surrounded by smooth, white sand, are reminiscent of a stone garden.
Camping and open fires are not permitted on the island. Visitors are asked to help maintain the beauty of this wilderness, by packing out whatever they brought to the island.
Elk Island Provincial Park
Elk Island Provincial Park, located 32 km north of Grand Beach, is about 900 hectares in size. Situated 1.2 km from the mainland, it is only accessible by boat. The island is virtually free of development and offers visitors an attractive wilderness setting. Parts of its shoreline where many, large, different coloured boulders are surrounded by smooth, white sand, are reminiscent of a stone garden.
Camping and open fires are not permitted on the island. Visitors are asked to help maintain the beauty of this wilderness, by packing out whatever they brought to the island.
Located in the Interlake Plain portion of the Manitoba Lowlands Natural Region, the park is stretched along 2.5 kilometers of the south-east shore of Balsam Bay in Lake Winnipeg. Terrestrial features in the park include the natural sand beach, shifting sand dunes, a lagoon/marsh and scattered stands of deciduous forest. The park protects various habitats for birds including a wetland for water birds and the beach is sometimes used for nesting grounds by Piping Plovers.
The main attraction in the park is the beach, which is backed by sand dunes. The beach makes for pleasant walks and provides access for swimming in the lake. There are also picnic areas and washrooms located within the park. The marsh presents opportunities for viewing a variety of wetland species.
10 locals recommend
Patricia Beach Provincial Park
Located in the Interlake Plain portion of the Manitoba Lowlands Natural Region, the park is stretched along 2.5 kilometers of the south-east shore of Balsam Bay in Lake Winnipeg. Terrestrial features in the park include the natural sand beach, shifting sand dunes, a lagoon/marsh and scattered stands of deciduous forest. The park protects various habitats for birds including a wetland for water birds and the beach is sometimes used for nesting grounds by Piping Plovers.
The main attraction in the park is the beach, which is backed by sand dunes. The beach makes for pleasant walks and provides access for swimming in the lake. There are also picnic areas and washrooms located within the park. The marsh presents opportunities for viewing a variety of wetland species.
Boat launch
Yellow Brick Rd Boat Ramp
public boat launch
Harry Craig Road
Harry Craig Roadpublic boat launch
Hillside Point Road
Hillside Point Roadpublic boat launch
Entertainment
If you are looking for some evening entertainment, the casino is only 20 minutes away.
21 locals recommend
South Beach Casino & Resort
1 Ocean DrIf you are looking for some evening entertainment, the casino is only 20 minutes away.