Miscou Beach Cottage & Camping

Description:

• Far up Miscou Island are these simple, unpretentious cottages right on the beach. Six of them sit side by side facing the dunes and the ocean; small decks front each cottage and invite idleness. All considered, the place has an English caravan-park feel, with camp trailers crowded in a field behind the cottages. There's also a no-frills family restaurant on the premises. Not much else goes on here (unless you consider the bare-bones minigolf course), so plan to spend most of your day exploring the long sandy strand out front. Note that cottage rentals here are now only by the week (but ask about cancellations and open dates anyway). Campsites are also available, for C$16 to C$28 (US$14-US$25/£8-£14) each. Beware of the voracious local mosquito population, however, descending at dusk early in the season.

• © Frommer's 2012