Lake Erie has beautiful beaches. This is undeniable. Evangola is ringed by impressive cliffs. Bennett is known for its expansive sand dunes. Woodlawn has a tree-lined boardwalk, and Wendt retains interesting historic structures that may soon see reuse.
But beaches – beautiful or not – are also for swimming. Too often, the Erie beaches are closed to would-be bathers, mainly due to unacceptable bacteria levels in the water.
In addition to the many different cultures that have been stirred into the region’s melting pot, festivals celebrate history, art, craft, music and food.
So many distinctive beaches, so many possible choices – and always the possibility of that “but.”
For years, these beaches barely existed for me – in summer or at any other time. Our family spent summers in North Carolina, where my teacher dad had a gig as a reserve Marine officer. A modest – at that time – barrier island cottage was our temporary home, surrounded by the expansive dunes of the Carolina shore and facing the endless horizon of the Atlantic.
Childhood memories create beach bonds. With this lack of early Western New York beach experience, in later adulthood there was no siren call wafting its way from Angola-on the-Lake or even the Canadian…
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