Welcome to Brighton

Visit the charming Lake Ontario harbour town of Brighton, at the western gateway to Bay of Quinte Country. With its vintage mainstreet and front-porch Victorian flavour, Brighton anchors a land of wooded hills and rolling farmland. Brighton is also the gateway to Presqu'ile Provincial Park, famous for lakeside camping, swimming, windsurfing, hiking and birding.

APPLES!!!

Brighton is the centre of a historic orchard industry-apple pie, apple butter, apple cider,and a very special apple festival! Taste your way through Brighton's Saturday Farmer's Market. Fill your shopping baskets with home baking, honey, cheeses, jams, jellies, fruits and vegetables from the area's country markets and roadside stands. Fresh, authentic, local eating at its very best!

Presqu'ile Provincial Park: Boardwalks, birds and butterflies

Sixteen kilometres of walking trails...A major flyway for migrating birds...waterfowl, warblers and shorebirds...a staging point for migrating Monarchs...white tail deer. Presqu'ile Provincial Park, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, is renowned for its unique habitats. Book one of Presqu'ile's almost 400 campsites (group camping too!), swim at the Park's long sandy beach.

The scenic centrepiece of Presqu'le is Ontario's second-oldest operating Lighthouse, located on the rocky shore of the Park's eastern tip. In summer, visit the Lighthouse Interpretive Centre, to see a model of the lighthouse, and view a video presentation on a dramatic sinking of H.M.S. Speedy in 1804.

Winter cross-country trails too!

Boating

Dock, refuel, stock up and explore at Presqu'ile Bay harbour: 0.5 Miles E of Pt 43°59.95' : N 77°39.80' : W. Located between Toronto and Kingston at the entrance of the Murray Canal. Gateway to the Trent Severn Waterway and the 1000 Islands.

Fishing

Angle for trophy walleye, pike and pickerel in Presqu'ile Bay. Head out to Lake Ontario for salmon and trout.

History Buff? Put these places on your must-see list:

• North Shore Lake Ontario's oldest operating lighthouse and the site of the famous Speedy shipwreck (Presqu'ile Provincial Park)
• Proctor House Museum, restored home of 19th century shipping magnate (complete with mournful Widow's Walk)

Love Antiques?Treasured-filled shops abound throughout the Brighton area

Entertainment and Excitement

Check out Presqu'ile Provincial Park's interpretative programs and special events at Presqu'ile Park, delightful stage plays at Brighton Barn Theatre, and, for extra-special local flavour, Saturday night stock car racing at Brighton Speedway!

Family Finds

Hike the Boardwalk at Presqu'ile Provincial Park to see marsh birds and spawning fish; visit the Park's Nature Centre, near the Lighthouse, to see live frogs, snakes, fish and turtles; see the historic railroad rolling stock at Memory Junction Railway Museum, Brighton; pick-your-own apples, berries and vegetables at local farms and orchards; hike the rolling trails at Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area to the North.