Shaws Beach

Shaws Beach is a beach in Queens County, Prince Edward Island. Shaws Beach is situated nearby to the village Brackley Beach, as well as near the locality Stanhope Bayshore.

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Also known as: “Shaw’s Beach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brackley Beach-Stanhope and Shaw’s Hotel.

Brackley Beach-Stanhope

Photo: rokker, CC BY 3.0.

Brackley Beach and Stanhope are small farming communities and popular vacation spots on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. Stanhope, and the neighbouring villages of Covehead, Grand Tracadie, and Pleasant Grove, are part of the Rural Municipality of North Shore.

Shaw’s Hotel

Hotel

Shaw's Hotel is a family-operated inn located at Brackley Beach on the north shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is one of the oldest continuously operated inns in Canada.

Covehead Harbour Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Mecha.rajdc, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Covehead Harbour Lighthouse is situated 4 km east of Shaws Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oyster Bed Bridge and South Rustico.

Oyster Bed Bridge

Village

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oyster Bed Bridge is an unincorporated rural community in the township of Lot 24, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Oyster Bed Bridge is located at the intersections of Route 6 and Route 7, 12 kilometres south of North Rustico and 20 kilometres north of Charlottetown in the central part of the province on the north shore. Oyster Bed Bridge is situated 6 km southwest of Shaws Beach.

South Rustico

Locality

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Rustico, formerly called Rustico, is an unincorporated rural community in the township of Lot 24, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. South Rustico is located 6 kilometres south of North Rustico and 26 kilometres north of Charlottetown in the central part of the province on the north shore. South Rustico is situated 8 km west of Shaws Beach.

Rusticoville

Locality

Photo: Rangeley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rusticoville is an unincorporated rural community in the township of Lot 23, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Rusticoville is located south of North Rustico and in the central part of the province on the north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Rusticoville is situated 10 km west of Shaws Beach.

Shaws Beach

Category: landform
Location: Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

46.42997° or 46° 25′ 48″ north

Longitude

-63.19342° or 63° 11′ 36″ west

Open location code

87RRCRH4+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 164415090

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

6145543

Wikidata ID

Q22607632

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Satellite Map

Discover Shaws Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Shaws Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shaws Beach”
Swedish: “Shaws Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brackley Beach and Stanhope Bayshore.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Red Sand Cliffs and Challange 3.

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