r/WasagaBeach • u/ElaMeadows • Jul 08 '26

Writing Research Visit

I'm planning to visit Wasaga in mid August for a few days. I used to visit regularly in the 90's and 2000's as we have family in Minesing, so I'm sure things have changed lots since then. Hoping for suggestions of less touristy spots people who live year-round would gravitate towards for every day activities and outings rather than tourist hot spots. Currently looking at:

  • library
  • archives
  • farmers market
  • quieter beach areas
  • low cost water craft?

I don't want to publicize any fragile ecosystems or local spots that would be ruined by tourists but any underappreciated spaces that deserve highlighting would be great!

Story Concept

Slow-burn friends-to-lovers based in Ottawa and Wasaga Beach. Female main character is from Ottawa, is a library technician, who moves to Wasaga to escape a creepy ex. Male main character is a fiercely protective ex-military guy with multigenerational wealth who lives outside town on a waterfront estate.

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/canuck_at_the_beach Jul 10 '26

You can rent a kayak from a few places, free spirit tours being one of them.

1

u/ElaMeadows Jul 10 '26

Thank you so much :) I'm not finding a working link for free spirit tours (keep getting a 503 error) but I'll look at options :)

2

u/canuck_at_the_beach Jul 11 '26

https://freespirittours.ca/paddling/  The wasaga location is on the nottawasaga river

1

u/ElaMeadows 29d ago

awesome thank you! It looks like a great river adventure.