Ontario investing $38 million to revamp Wasaga Beach
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Premier Doug Ford says $25 million will go toward rebuilding the Nancy Island Historic Site.
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That site features an old museum that highlights the fight between the HMS Nancy that captured two U.S. schooners before being sunk during the War of 1812.
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The province will also spend $11 million on roads around the beach to support both tourism and a planned 3,000-home development and a further $2 million to help revitalize downtown Wasaga Beach.
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Ford also says part of the beach the province owns will be transferred to the town on the condition that it always remains public.
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Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the province will soon launch a marketing campaign to help draw people to hot spots around the province, including the world's longest freshwater beach in Wasaga.
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