Reviews of Dominion Beach Provincial Park (Park)

Rick Vanderwyst

Beautiful beach

Rick Vanderwyst

Beautiful beach

Matt Conrad

Nice sandy beach. Few picnic tables by the entrance.

Don Allison

Very nice.

Rishi GABA

Nice and quiet

Cindy Preston

Beautiful beach that stretches on forever. Natural habitat. Beautiful view. Great for walking on the shore or in the water.

Kevin Gracie

AWESOME place plain and simple

Della Slade

Amazing! Waves, sand, beach glass...

Pynk Haze

Very clean beach. Kids loved it there.

Ellie Poirier

Love this spot, my fave place to sit back and unwind

John Gibson

Lovely place to enjoy.

Theresa Butler

The beach could be more enjoyable if it were more accessible. Trying to climb over rocks with a cane is very hazardous. Also it needs more than one lifeguard. Otherwise a beautiful beach.

Murray

Lovely view of the power plant and windmills.

Meggy MacNeil

There is a lot of damage still, but the cleanup is coming along! Several groups of people are making an effort to keep the beach clean, and there was baby foxes! So even if the beach isn't your jam, foxes are everyone's jam. ????

Darrell Ward

Love this place

jan r

(Translated) Soso (Original) Soso

Mohamad cheayb

The best place to chill in the front of the ocean and swim.

John Jobes

Always a beautiful place to go and relax no matter what seasonit is

Hank Cooper

Great place to chill out and have a smoke.

George Mackenzie

Lifeguards. Sand. Lots of seaweed. Shallow. Pretty clean.

Courtney Watts

Life guards are super nice. Been going there all my life and I just love the fact they have showers, change rooms, and bathrooms.

Kirsten LeBlanc

Not too busy for a Monday.

Keith MacDougall

Best sandbar Beach in N.S Walk the boardwalk or the beach from Dominion to Lingan

David MacNeil

Beautiful beach but always gets destroyed with the storm surge when there is a storm spent my childhood here still love it till this day

Lucy Detch

This time of year it's a shame to see what the winter storms due to the beach but fortunately once the summer comes it gets all cleaned up again and it is nice to have the showers in the washrooms at a beach

Aaron Macdonald

You can enjoy Dominion Beach on a hot summer day or take a walk and enjoy the beautiful scenery and fresh ocean air.

Ken Heaton

Dominion Beach (Cape Breton Regional Municipality) – Dominion has it all. It is a long strand that is ideal for many activities. It boasts a long boardwalk that is used by residents year round. The beach itself is great for exploring – searching for beach glass, shells and rocks. It also has fabulous views of Lingan Bay and it is very common to see many types of sea birds, bald eagles, great blue herons and other wildlife at the beach. The beach is supervised in the summer, making it a safe place for families to swim. It has ample parking, showers, change rooms and washrooms. Being in Dominion, it is easily accessible by public transit from Sydney and Glace Bay. It is the closest guarded beach to the largest population centres in Cape Breton.

Blaine Cathcart

Awesome day

Michelle

It's amazingly, beautiful and fun!

Jon Yazer

One of my favourite beaches. Beautiful sand beach, dunes, and a boardwalk near the marshes. Lifeguards on duty. Hard to find a better spot in summer.

Shelley P

There are no words to describe the wonders of this beach. Pure bliss

Georgia Metcalfe Tripp

Great family friendly beach and great for a peaceful beach walk. Fantastic sunsets! Also has a short boardwalk that is great for scenic strolls. Pay attention to the hrs of operation as the park closes at dusk and the gate to the parking lot usually closes as well.

Bruce Kaufman

Very nice. The waves were crashing in and making a loud crashing noise. Stood watching for a reasonable amount of time.

John F

Great beach for seaglass, driftwood, walking

Atonu Das Gupta

sea side, windy, exotic, perfect place for adventurers

Johanne Imbeault

(Translated) Nice long beach for walking and swimming of course (Original) Belle longue plage pour marcher et se baigner bien sûr

Larry Lxw

the water seems not clean at Summer

Moon Mortimer

Beautiful beach close to home

Crystal Cromwell

Great and not crowded. Not much sea glass.

Keith Steele

Great place for sea glass

angus cormack

This was the first beach my 3 huskies experienced. Just the sound of the waves alone brings a peace washing over my mind. If a calm walk on the beach is for you, take this one. If you are taking your dogs, please be aware there are no trash bins (at least in the winter) for cleaning up after them, but do be certain to take care of them.

Amritpal Singh

Good place to visit with friends and family

Michel Gallagher

Lovely beach. Except for the low life screwing in public while waist deep in the water.

raie leith

Paradise!

mona browner

Love this beach, outside showers available to rinse of and clean washrooms.

Linda Gouthro

Amazing and peaceful. Clean.

Cecil Smith

Participated in the ACAP Cape Breton beach cleanup. The beach is awesome, some storm damage, but beautiful.

JoAnn Macm

I love the ocean and this beach is very close to my home. If you park at the side parking lot near the old school house and walk over the bridge, that swimming area is all sand. Close to the bathroom/change house is very rocky. The bathrooms are flush toilets and there are a few outdoor showers. Life guards are on duty during the summer. There are gates that they lock at dusk so you can't get into the parking area.

Brandon Murphy

Great place I love it here

GLENN RUBINOFF

Amazing place. Low key place with lots of birds. Lovely place to relax and stroll.

Brett S.

A scenic, natural local beach. Dominion Beach is located about a 15 minute drive from Sydney, and just a few minute drive from the town of Glace Bay. The beach presents a boardwalk which sprawls along the side of the beach, giving a pleasant view. There is plenty of sand and space to sit and mellow out by the waves. I've been frequenting this beach all of my life. And while I've seen many others, it remains one of my favourites, as per it's beauty.

debbie dalton

For a nice walk..and then there's the wild roses

Mandy Macneil

Love it here. Always a place to visit while in Cape Breton.

Kenny Mahar

Winter visit. Cold as a step mother's breath.

Mathue Huey

Fantastic beach miles long with a nice boardwalk

Kristen McKinnon

Great place to swim, walk, or just watch the waves!

Kristen M

Great place to swim, walk, or just watch the waves!

Beanz “Teabeanz” Mack

Have been coming here since I was a child. Love the boardwalk. Dominion fireworks used to be the best.

Ally Fogarty

Awesome beach. Super clean. Not too busy. The water was awesome and not too deep. Got the best tan from hardly any time!! Wish I was back on the beach now. Can’t wait to visit again.

Cynthia Yates

Sandy, and close to home. Big waves and little waves depending on the day.

Megan

(Translated) Beautiful beach, with soft sand. The water is beautiful! (Original) Belle plage, avec du sable doux. L’eau est belle!

Crystal Seeker

I love this beach its really beautiful. The beach itself is very clean. It's a great place to walk outside and still be socially distanced. Lots of people beach glass picking and just enjoying a peaceful walk with loved ones or as part of their daily routine.I gave it four stars because I hope whoever looks after the park will clean the rocks and sand off the part of the boardwalk that is covered over, probably from the 2019 Hurricane. It's a real shame to let the carefully built walkway be covered with sand and rock and not usable or accessible to some people with disabilities or people with strollers. I think as a provincial park it should be fixed up a bit so everyone can enjoy it. That being said It's a very nice area with lots of birds to watch as well.

Mama Iris

One of my favorite places to be ❤

Carol Dauphinee

Mother Nature has taken it's toll but still a beautiful beach and great place for a stroll on the boardwalk. Life guards are there during summer months so a safe place to swim.

Kathleen McGillivary

Beautiful

Justin Joy

Nice

Wes Beach

Beautiful views great sand

Colleen McGuigan

Beautiful beach

Clayton isajenko

Nice place lots of parking, very clean, and very busy. Too busy for me but if you don't mind it's a solid beach to go to

Brian Capstick

Beautiful sandy beach; easy to access and close to home for me!

Daniel King

Beautiful scenerary with a life guard on duty

Dwaine Hill

Beautiful day at the beach

Nelson Nicholson

Great place for a stroll, after the kids are outta school; watch out for the Piping Plovers.

Jo Ann Bout

I love this place and it's great for the kids.

Judy Hussey

Sandy - great for walking - lots of wave action

Carolyn Lewis

It's a nice beach. Shame the hurricane destroyed the boardwalk

Glenn Gay

It is clean, and secluded. Great place to drink a coffee and just watch the ocean

Cecilia Jellow-LeBlanc

Our first walk at the DOMINION BEACH. It wasn't a nice sunny day but our walk was very refreshing, with the pounding waves and sea air. The beach goes on for klms. A boardwalk if u prefer instead of walking on the sand. We will be going back there, for sure ????‍♀️????‍♂️.

Tara Deveaux

Have been frequenting his beach year round since my childhood. Always a fantastic time. Beautiful boardwalk nice long sandy beach with a beautiful view!

beaton57

Very nice place to walk and enjoy scenery

Jeffery Bushnik

(Translated) Mmm ... Beach ... (Original) Mmm... Beach...

Claude Latulippe

Real nice place in the summer time

Lauralee Robinson

Such a beautiful spot ????????

Rachel Janes

Lovely family beach, plenty of parking, water was nice and dogs welcome on leash. Busy but not too busy

Tiierney Whalen

Always Love Dominion beach especially super early in the mornings during the summer months is so peacful and beautiful.

Steve M.

Great place for a quick and easy hike along the water in the winter

D H

Lots of tax dollars washing away with every storm

Archie

Great place to swim and enjoy the ocean breeze. Cape Breton rocks!

Ben Bates

The beach is nice when the tide is out! It gets quite rocky at the top of the shore. There is a nice long boardwalk that goes along the shore with multiple parking spots.

Ken M.

Wide open spaces

Doug Allan

Try the side of the beach facing away from the open sea. Warmer water, fewer stones, fewer people.

john couture

Good

Rick Haley

very scenic...

Christian Corbett

Very relaxing beach right here in the CBRM. Great for the family or for just a walk along the beach.

Rob “The GRIMP” MacDonald

Very poor execution for a beach. Tremendous number of rocks, mountains of washed up seaweed, and numerous rotting husks of dead sea life are all that await you here. Add to that relentless wind, and cold, salty water until the last week of August (though admittedly, there isn't much the municipality can do about those, they do nonetheless contribute to the overall experience). Sadly it's the 'best' beach that I know of here, only because all the rest are the exact same, but farther away.

george pyke

Not bad but lots of rocks

Omer Khan

Good small beach. Great for kids.

DominionDroneDaily (ElonReeveMuskrat)

It's a great place to park and unwind. I just wish we could put the money in to maintain it to its original glory. Plus it's beautiful

Kate Boutilier

Beautiful sandy beach.

Colleen Sample

I enjoy walking the boardwalk

Tracey Boys Toys

It's a great place to walk the board walk or just lay in the sand.

iris shea

Beautiful, peaceful , always run into the nicest people, not only Capers but ppl from everywhere else too . I love this place. ❤

James Oja

Lots of sea glass here

Steve Mailman

God's Country

Ryan Young

Great place to just chill

Tony mombourquette

Water was nice but very rocky. Regular beach goers say last few hurricanes destroyed the boardwalk and disturbed all the sand which unearthed all the rocks.

Evan Mac

Great place to just meet and watch the ocean.

Mike Corrigan

The beach itself over the years has suffered from the effects of mother nature. Due to errosion a large part of the Sand dunes have been erased. None the less it provides both tourist and locals a terrific opportunity to take a refreshing dip in the cool waters of the Cabot Strait. Others take advantage of the board walk. It's also a very popular spot during the town's annual Seaside Daze celebration.

Grady Bonner

Love the crashing waves

caper craig

Used to be great beach not so much anymore, heavy pollution

Bruce MacNeil

An excellent sandy beach with calm water and change rooms along with attentive lifeguards. The beach extends for quite a ways maybe 2 km and the views are rather pastoral industrial.

Selina Woodworth

To much cole dust

Karianne Larrivee

(Translated) Super beautiful beach! Spectacular view. (Original) Super belle plage! Magnifique vue.

tiju thomas

Nice place if you need to spend some lonley time with your loved ones .

Lovely Pank

Just awesome place.

Michel Bousquet

Nice sunny day , beautifull waves . Have a friend who lives just by the park

Ryan D

The board walk has seen better days.

William King

Gorgeous, well kept beach

Deanne Ellis

Very clean

The Warden

Nice swimming spot

Heather MacLeod

Nice and sunny!

Shreyas Kale

Someone still calls it magic of dominion

Hal MacLean

Not a clean beach

Richard P Gallant

Water was warm lots of sand

Mitchell Morrison

(Translated) Besuty (Original) Besuty

Norma Linscott

First visit was right after winter storms so lots of destruction... but ... beautiful spot with lots of happy people getting their mining stroll.

Kenneth MacKenzie

Im not happy with rhe fact theres no boardwalk to make it more accessible for people in wheelchairs also theres no canteen

Sean Henderson

Beautiful beach. Clean, lots of room, amazing views.

Ramanjit Bhullar

I love the beaches and natural beauty ????

Ginny Locke

Beautiful beach with great waves!

Gary Pope

awesome place to be

Freddy Maidment

If u like the beach like me.l like to go early.And I bring a lunch.I am for the day.Thay have wash rooms.Weach is grate for everyone.Thay have a life gard. And has a CV bord walk.Witch is nice.The wash room's.And the grass are celebrating cut.kent wate????

Fleur Harvey-Kelly

Lovely board walk

amal thomas

Sit.enjoy the winds,water and the sunset.

Monica Wareham

Neautiful

Carol Combdon

Home

walt mckenzie

Boardwalk very nice very clean.

Pat Munroe

Is absolutely beautiful

Paul Serwatuk

Great walk

jimmy macdonald

Favorite place

Stephen Yorke

Dominion Beach is a great place for a walk but the town needs to fix up the boardwalk. There are gaps where you need to walk over rocks and I remember when the walk was full. Walking on the beach is always a choice but there are times when you would like to just walk or jog the boardwalk. Will definitely go back as the weather gets warmer and the sun is shining.

Harold Doucette

Good for seaglass

Gary Stiver

Beautiful beach

Julia Inman

Such a beautiful beach

igor

(Translated) Calm and comfortable (Original) Спокійно і комфортно

Mamoona Zeeshan

Awsome place to visit

Terry Ingram

Nice

josh currie

Great view

Lindsay Clark

Sea glass galore

Guy Choquette

Awesome place

Mike Doyle

My home away from home

doug campbell

Lovely beach close to the city.

Chrissie Bernhardt

Lifeguards are great

Maggie Guo

The sands is very nice and smooth. But there's some blanks part which looks like pollution.

Debbie McDonald

A beautiful beach. The government should do more to protect the beach.

Gail Parr

Love Dominion Beach..wish there was a canteen.

DOYLE NICHOLS

I love Nova Scotia, beautiful place and wonderful people. Thanks to all of you for making our trip so great, and making me look good. Thanks.

Allan Jacques

I GREW UP NEXT TO DOMINION BEACH,IT,S THE BEST ...

John Rogez

Always nice watching the ocean and motion.

Jacqueline McNeil

Rocky this year and a drop off as well not a big one though.

Cape Breton

Had a great day. The weather was cold and crisp lol -33 and it took a minute to find a way safely to the beach but we had much luck finding sea glass. Different colors and sizes the beach is awesome with great views ....other people there were polite and smiley. Cant ask for much more!! Cape Breton Free to See ... priceless to enjoy!!

clare marr

It has been such a long time since I have actually been on the beach and walked her shores, and I still love our beach... but what a shock when I saw the damage she took from the terrible storm that hit her a few years back. As my friend and I walked along looking for pretty shells in the rocks, we were able to see buried sections of the old boardwalk we were once able to enjoy. It was heartbreaking seeing the ruins.

Wayne MacPherson

Excellent beach, friendly people and nice sea glass.

Wanda Nicolas

Beautiful beach

Paige Jardine

Absolutely beautiful spot ????

Gordon Woodill

Nice sandy beach. Lots of coal in the water thou

Arun Sharma

Superb place for hangout....best to go in day time... enough space for parking too...

Ressa MacKinnon

Beautiful and good for the soul

Troy Merrick

It'll do in a pinch, but not amongst my top beaches in NS. There's water and sand though...

Rosemary Admond

Too many Jellyfish and seaweed.

Andrew Sponagle

Beautiful!

Wayne Marsh

Some of the water is sand it to your neck, some is rocks. The entire beach is sand.

Jane Hooper

Place to walk with sounds of waves and birds .This sept and Oct weather was quite warm and there were some people swimming and lots of beach glass to be found

Clint Cameron

Use to be nice. But powerplant water and a billion spiders in the washroom freaked me out.

Sarah Wilson

Gorgeous walk

Linda Aitkens

It was very nice had nice walk !

Jeff Walter

Love this place!

kasandra jenkins

Very nice beach, weren't too many people when I went

deric jones

Very nice beach with life guard

Steve Mcrae

its a nice family beach

debbie dalton

For a nice walk..and then there's the wild roses

Bev MacDonald

One of my favorite beaches around!

Michael Innis

The water was 21° the day we were there. Beautiful!

sang truong

Natural

Michael Innis

The water was 21° the day we were there. Beautiful!

Denise Arsenault

Beautiful beach ⛱. Sandy and wavy. Large beach so users can spread out quite a lot. Life guards present. Change house and out door showers to get sand of. Highly recommend ????

Juanita Parris

We love walking on the boardwalk and then back up the beach, looking for seaglass and taking some beautiful pictures.

Amy MacIntyre

Ocean with coal dust waves