By SHANNON KELLY

Tribune Bay Beach, BC (Photo: Tourism British Columbia)
We’re well into summer, and it’s time to get yourself beachside if you haven’t already. The best ocean- and lake-front beaches in the West may come as a surprise. First, they’re not all in British Columbia. (Though most are, since that province monopolizes Canada’s Pacific coast. Vancouver alone has 10 beaches!) Secondly, they’re not all hugging the southern border—some excellent northern lakes and oceanfront strands have made the list, too.
Check out Canada’s top beaches in British Columbia, the Yukon and Alberta. »
- Photo: Logantech
- Photo: Murray Lundberg, ExploreNorth.com
- Photo: Carmel O’Sullivan
- Photo: Tourism BC/Adrian Dorst
- Photo: Tourism British Columbia
- Photo: Mary Lee Plunkett
- Photo: Tourism British Columbia
- Photo: Guilhem Vellut
- Photo: Tourism BC/Dannielle Hayes
- Photo: Tourism BC/Dannielle Hayes
- Photo: Chris Clarke
- Photo: Tourism BC/Don Weixl
- Photo: Government of Alberta



























Stay, Dine, Do