Recreation

Quick Bay of Quinte Facts

Enjoy the outdoors

• Our golf courses:
  • Outstanding
• Marina slips:
  • Hundreds, along our waterways
• Provincial Parks:
  • Acres, offering beaches, camping, picnicking and waterfront activities
• Fishing:
  • The Bay of Quinte is the Walleye Fishing Capital of the world
• Birdwatching:
  • Paradise—thousands of acres of wetlands and protected sites accessible by trail or boardwalk
• Cycling trails:
  • Hundreds of kilometres—our Waterfront Trail stretches along 500 kilometres of shoreline
• Boating access to Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay:
  • Trent-Severn Waterway's world famous lock system
• Shoreline and beach:
  • More than 500 kilometres

Join us socially

• Service Clubs, Legion Halls and other community service groups
• Community theatres, writers' guilds, book clubs, ballet and dance schools
• Curling rinks, hockey clubs and arenas
• Dozens of annual community events and festivals, including the Belleville Waterfront Festival, Brighton's Applefest, the Quinte West Summer Festival, the Campbellford Festival of Lights and the Quinte International Air Show
• Belleville Bulls, Trenton Sting and other community sports teams
• Auto racing

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Bay of Quinte offers a wide selection of recreation facilities and options:

• Recreational facilities
• Arenas
• Golf
• Spectator sports
• Hunting and fishing
• Waterfront activities
• Conservation areas
• Skiing
• Hiking and recreational trails
• Day trips
• Museums

Visit Bay of Quinte Country at www.bayofquintecountry.com on the latest on recreation in Bay of Quinte.

Recreational facilities

We offer a wide range of competitive and non-competitive recreational opportunities through our:

• Municipal parks
• Indoor arenas
• Community centres
• Tennis courts
• Public beaches
• Fitness trails
• Health clubs
• Museums
• Boat launches
• Marinas
• Soccer fields
• Baseball/softball diamonds
• Libraries
• Theatres
• Playgrounds

For more information about the facilities offered in your community contact us:

• Belleville Parks and Recreation, (613) 966-4632, http://www.city.belleville.on.ca/portal/bvcityhall/parksandrecreation
• Brighton Parks and Recreation, (613) 475-2894, http://www.town.brighton.on.ca/community/parksandrec.htm
• Quinte West Parks and Recreation, (613) 392-2841, http://quinte.cioc.ca/details.asp?RSN=22526&Number=0

Arenas

Bay of Quinte has a wide selection of arenas serving our communities, including:

• Belleville:
  • Wally Dever Arena, (613) 966-4928
  • Memorial Arena, (613) 962-1850
  • Yardmen Arena, (613) 966-8338
• Brighton:
  • King Edward Park Arena, (613) 475-0302
• Frankford:
  • Frankford Arena, (613) 398-6433
• Trenton:
  • Trenton Community Gardens (two ice surfaces), (613) 392-9390
  • Trenton Curling Club, (613) 392-5244

Golf

In Bay of Quinte you are bound to find at least one-and you may find several-golf courses that suit your strengths and test your weaknesses, whether you are a beginner or a champion. As you would expect, prices vary.

Our clubs include:

Spectator sports

Hockey fans enjoy Ontario Hockey League action in Belleville, where the Belleville Bulls play. Trenton fans support the Trenton Sting, the local Junior A club, while the Quinte Red Devils offer Triple A action from novice to midget.

Auto racing fans can catch stock car racing at Brighton Speedway's quarter-mile track. The track is located just off County Road 64. For superb motorcycle, auto and drag strip racing, the enthusiast will head for Shannonville Motorsport Park, just east of Belleville.

Hunting and fishing

The waters of the Bay of Quinte, Trent River and Lake Ontario are favourite fishing grounds for local residents and visitors to Bay of Quinte.

Year round there are ample stocks of fish of many varieties. Species found in this area and open to regulated fishing include walleye, largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, muskellunge, yellow perch, crappie, salmon, brown trout and rainbow trout.

Quinte plays host to many fishing derbies, including a large walleye tournament held annually by the Trenton Kiwanis club.

To learn the fishing regulations that apply in the Bay of Quinte, before you go fishing, visit www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/pubmenu.html#fish.

Bay of Quinte also boasts plentiful game, including wild turkey-Frankford is known as the wild turkey capital of Ontario-and deer, black bear, pheasant, ruffled grouse and spruce grouse, Hungarian partridge, sharp-tailed grouse, raccoon, fox, rabbit, and squirrel.

To learn the hunting regulations that apply in Bay of Quinte, before you go hunting, visit www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/pubmenu.html#hunting.

Waterfront activities

The Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, the Trent River, Weller's Bay, Oak Lake-these Bay of Quinte waterways offer excellent opportunities for recreational activities ranging from swimming through boating to fishing.

Beach lovers will appreciate the following provincial parks:

• Presqu'ile Provincial Park, (613) 475-4324, www.ontarioparks.com/english/pres.html
• North Beach Provincial Park, (613) 393-3319, www.ontarioparks.com/english/nort.html
• Sandbanks Provincial Park, (613) 393-3319, http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/sand.html

Those who prefer boating-sailing, yachting, speed boating, windsurfing-will want to take part in our many summer races and regattas, and join one of our boating clubs or association. Visit here for more information.

Boaters may also wish to travel the world-renowned Trent-Severn Waterway. Connecting Lake Ontario with Georgian Bay, its 386 kilometres of lakes, rivers and 44 locks include the largest hydraulic lift lock in the world, in the City of Peterborough.

Lock 1 on Highway 33 is the southern entrance to the Trent-Severn Waterway. Call (613) 392-3334 or visit http://collections.ic.gc.ca/waterway/ to learn more.

Conservational areas

Bay of Quinte conservation areas offer activities from hiking and cross-country skiing to picnicking and bird watching.

Our conservation areas offer unique opportunities for nature lovers:

• Glen Miller Conservation Area, www.city.quintewest.on.ca/explore/conservation.htm
• Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area, www.tallgrassontario.org/PrairiePlaces_GoodrichLoomis.htm
• Lower Trent Conservation Area, http://www.ltc.on.ca/
• Proctor Park Conservation Area, www.ltc.on.ca/proctor.htm
• Quinte Conservation Area, www.city.quintewest.on.ca/explore/conservation.htm
• Sager Conservation Area, www.city.quintewest.on.ca/explore/conservation.htm
• Sidney Conservation Area, www.city.quintewest.on.ca/explore/conservation.htm
• Trenton Greenbelt Conservation Area, www.city.quintewest.on.ca/explore/conservation.htm

Presqu'ile Provincial Part offers a world-class setting for bird watching-and a wide variety of birds to be observed. Visit http://www.web-nat.com/bic/ont/presqu.html for recent birding reports.

Skiing

In Bay of Quinte we enjoy skiing-and have runs you'll enjoy, too, at clubs and ski areas that include:

• Downhill:
  • Batawa Ski Club, (613) 398-6568
  • Mount Pakenham Ski Area, (613) 624-5290
  • Radcliffe Hills Ski Area, 1-800-668-8249
  • Ski and Snowboard Ranch, 1-800-565-9146
• Cross-Country:
  
  • Sandbanks Provincial Park, (613) 393-3319
  • Silent Lake Provincial Park, (613) 332-1969

Hiking and recreational trails

Bay of Quinte hiking and recreational trails include those in Quinte Conservation. Visit for more information.

Day trips

Bay of Quinte offers delightful day trips, including:

• The Apple Route:­ Follow the Bright Red Apple signs between Grafton and Trenton. Visit http://www.appleroute.com/ for more information.
• The Cheese Route: Follow the signs throughout Bay of Quinte, including Prince Edward County.
• Loyalist Parkway: Travel the parkway from Kingston to Stirling. Take the Glenora Ferry south of Picton in Prince Edward County. Visit www.loyalistparkway.org/ for more information.

Museums

Bay of Quinte plays host to the following museums:

• Ameliasburgh Historical Museum & Pioneer Village, (613) 968-9678
• Glanmore National Historic Site, (613) 962-2329
• RCAF Memorial Museum, (613) 965-2140
• Proctor House Museum, (613) 475-2144
• Trent Port Museum, (613) 392-8418
• Wellington Historical Community Museum, (613) 399-5015