Recent Updates
New information is being added monthly! Please bookmark and refresh this page to view our latest additions.
Some files are in .pdf format.
15 April 2024
- Educational Opportunities at Sandbanks Park
- Upcoming Friends of Sandbanks Park Events
- Cedar Sands Trail Interpretive Booklet (Large file, .pdf)
- Dunes Trail Pamphlet (.pdf)
- Todd Norris' Cedar Sands Trail Map, c. 1990
20 November 2023
15 October 2023
25 July 2023
01 July 2023
06 March 2023
- Our "staff genealogist," John Brebner, has uploaded new and updated files of County Genealogies...
County Genealogies, March 2023 Update
- Our wonderful Park is once again open to the public, both for day visits and overnight camping!
Check the Park Page for details:
https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/sandbanks
01 April 2022... New Pages
- We are pleased to add some new introductory pages to our site. These will automate the process of memberships, donations and volunteer-sign-ups for events during the 2022
calendar year and beyond. Many thanks to Board Member Dan Patel for his initiative in setting up these new pages!
Visit our new splash pages...
Please be patient as we update all our legacy page links!
Our extensive collections of still images, histories, genealogies and Park information can still be easily accessed through our popular site-specfic Google Search feature... - 2022 Schedule of Friends' Events
10 November 2021... New Pages
01 April 2021... New Pages
28 March 2021... New Pages
- A photo album of our Dunes Boardwalk Project...
- New images of the Shore Acres Lodge on West Point
- Digitized Guest Registers of the Shore Acres Camp and Cottages
- March Images of the Moses Hudgin Log House in South Marysburgh
- Direct Deposit for Membership Fees and Donations Now Available!
15 February 2021... New Pages
- Maps and Graphics by John Brebner, 2021
- February Images of the Moses Hudgin Log House in South Marysburgh
08 November 2020... November Newsletter
06 November 2020... Information
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Friends of Sandbanks 2020 Annual General Meeting
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, this year's Friends of Sandbanks Annual General Meeting will be held as a virtual Zoom Teleconference.
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Sandbanks River Country Donation
In 2020 Sandbanks River Country made a very generous donation to the Friends to help complete our Dunes Beach Boardwalk Project.
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Prince Edward County Genealogies
Here's the most recent update to our popular Prince Edward County Genealogies Pages.
Now encompassing over 110,000 individuals in over 125 compiled histories, you're sure to find at least one ancestor in this collection!
Tip: Type an ancestor's name (i.e. "John Smith") in the Google Search Box in the right panel on this page to find all instances of that individual within these genealogies.
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Prince Edward County Genealogies
With the Park being closed and all 2020 Friends' events being cancelled, it has given us some time to update our popular "Prince Edward County Genelogies Pages".
Now encompassing over 100,000 individuals in over 120 compiled histories, you're sure to find at least one ancestor in this collection!
- Dunes Beach Boardwalk Project
- Outlet Beach Mobi-Mat® Project 2014 - 2018
- Discovery Program Activities... Phragmites Removal
- 2019 Event Collection
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Updated 2019 Image Collection
Here are many of the images made at the Park's and Friends' events throughout 2019. Enjoy!
03 January 2020... Image Galleries
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2019 Aerial Image Collection
This collection of aerial images featuring the Sandbanks, as well some other County locales was made by John Brebner during the high-water event in June 2019. Full-size high-resolution images (6000 - 8000 px) may take time to load on a slow (County) connection.
- Marsden Kemp Historic County Images
This collection of images was made by local resident Marsden Kemp between 1900 and 1930.
- Updated County Genealogies
After an intensive research year that added over 20,000 County individuals to our genealogies, here's a collection of over 40 families, both new and updated.
- Architecture and Archaeology in the Park... Images from the Friends' Collection
- Spring Wildflower Collection
- Friends of Sandbanks April 2019 Bulletin
25 February 2019... Image Galleries
08 February 2019... Early Township Surveys
25 January 2019... Updated County Genealogies
- Almost 40 new and updated County genealogies, from 4 to almost 400 pages long...
- Sandbanks' Fall Getaway Fun Run, 2018
- Beach Crowds, 2018
- Sandbanks Aerial Images 2018, full collection link
03 December 2018... New Image Galleries
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Mother's Day Wildflower Walk and Tea 2018
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Friends' 25th Anniversary Picnic 2018
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Sandfest 2018
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Sandbanks Park 125 Year/Kilometre Acitvities
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Lakeshore Lodge Day, July 2018
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125 Years of Fashion
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Lakeshore Lodge Day, August 2018
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Sandbanks Music Festival 2018
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Autumn at Sandbanks Park 2018
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Gasket Island Aerial Images 2018
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Lake on the Mountain Aerial Images 2018
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North Beach Aerial Images 2018
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Outlet Beach Aerial Images 2018
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Timber Island Aerial Images 2018
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Wellington Harbour Aerial Images 2018
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West Point Aerial Images 2018
22 March 2018... New Articles and Links
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Early Sandbanks Fishing
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1932 topographic map section, Sandbanks
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Historical Topographic Maps Digtization Project
08 March 2018... New Articles
08 March 2018... New and Updated PEC Genealogies
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Allison family (new)
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Boyd family (update)
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Conger family (update)
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Kleinsteuber family (new)
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Hubbs family (update)
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Hyatt family (update)
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Leavens family (update)
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Mastin family (update)
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McDonald/MacDonald family (update)
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Merrill family (update)
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Minaker family (update)
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Ostrander family (update)
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Parliament family (update)
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Pettet family (update)
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Spafford family (new)
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Werden family (new)
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Wright family (new)
22 August 2017... New Image Galleries
20 August 2017... Interesting Links
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Pre-settlement Snail Fauna on the Sandbanks Baymouth Bar...
This fascinating article is now freely available. For those who have wondered about the origins of those sun-bleached shells scattered throughout the dunes, here's the answer.
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The introduction of the European Earthworm to post-glacial North America
One of our first invasive species?
12 August 2017... New Image Galleries
05 August 2017... New Image Galleries
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Last known views of the Lakeshore Lodge, about 1980
Jacques' Cottage, including interior views
Maple Rest Heritage House, including interior views
Theatre in the Park, 2017
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Updated historical maps of Prince Edward County
Updated "Our County Friends" Page
Currah's Park Store and Grill
2017 Fun Run Details and Registration
Friends of Sandbanks Board Documents (limited access, password required)
18 June 2017... New Image Galleries
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North Beach, aerial views
Pannes, between Lake Ontario and West Lake, aerial views
Outlet River, aerial views
New West Lake Campground, aerial views
High water at the Park, June 3rd, 2017
Canada 150 C3 Voyage Visit to Park, June 2nd, 2017
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10 June 2017... New Updated PEC Genealogies
Updated PEC Genealogy Collection
Samuel and Isaac Ostrander, South Marysburgh ** New **
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22 May 2017... New Image Galleries
Park Widlflower Walk and Tea with Yvette Bree
Archival images from Arthur Richardson showing sand drift mitigation about 1923
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10 May 2017... New Image Galleries
Record High Water at the Park
Friends of Sandbanks/PECI Plant 150 Maple Trees
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20 April 2017... New Image Galleries
Lakeshore Lodge Day, 2016
Sandbanks Fall Getaway Fun Run, 2016
Autumn at West Point
MacDonald Farm exteriors
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15 April 2017
An Evaluative Survey of Lake Ontario Commercial Fishermen; Douglas A. Oster, 1979
(45 Mb .pdf file)
Alewife Fact Sheet, Sandbanks Park, 2000
(2 Mb .pdf file)
Prelimnary Study on Stabilization of Sand Dunes, M.A. Maun
(3 Mb .pdf file)
Drawings, glacial lake phases during the recession of Wisconsin Ice; Prest, 1970
(9 Mb .pdf file)
Postglacial Chronology and the Origins of Deep Lake Basins in Prince Edward County, Terasmae and Mirynech, 1964
(8 Mb .pdf file)
- 12 March 2017
Lakeshore Lodge, Development Concepts, Ernest Cromarty, 1982 (6.8 Mb .pdf file)
Lakeshore Lodge, Report on Condition, Peter Stokes, 1981 (9.5 Mb .pdf file)
Lodges of Sandbanks; Casey Ringham, 2004 (5.5 Mb .pdf file)
- 10 March 2017
Lake on the Mountain Archaeological Study, 2005 (45 Mb .pdf file)
North Beach Archaeological Study, 2005 (36 Mb .pdf file)
A Report on the Sand Dunes of Prince Edward County, 1972 (Green and Alexander)
(23 Mb .pdf file)
Conservation Archaeology Report, Locational Analysis of Prince Edward County, Ken
Swayze, 1976 (88 Mb .pdf file)
Sandbanks Park Master Plan, 1993 (37 Mb .pdf file)
Sandbanks Park Planning document, 1990 (33 Mb .pdf file)
Sandbanks Park Preliminary Master Plan, 1977 (42 Mb .pdf file)
Sandbanks Ecologist Yvette Bree receives Ontario Parks Ecological Integrity Award
- 12 January 2017
Images of the MacDonald Farm Lands, Block H
- 11 January 2017
A personal reminiscence of Sandbanks' Lodges by Barb Wells, (as told to Don Metcalf)
Sandbanks Provincial Park: A Cultural Resources Study, 1991 (58 Mb .pdf file)
State of the Lake, East Lake Watershed, draft 2012-2013 (53 Mb .pdf file)
- 10 January 2017
All current County genealogies (.pdf files)
Channell Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
Hamilton Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
Hubbs Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
Hyatt Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
Leavens Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
Mastin Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
McDonald Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)
McFaul Family Genealogy, (.pdf file)