A Brief History |
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A Brief History |
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Crystal Beach, twenty minutes from Buffalo by bus, auto or boat, in the town of the same name on Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada, began as a health spa in the Nineteenth century, became part of the beloved Crystal Beach Amusement Park in the Twentieth, and succumbed to development as the Crystal Beach Tennis and Yacht Club in the Twenty-first.
Regardless, the real allure of the place is one of the loveliest sand beaches in North
America: southward-facing to catch the sun from early morning through sunset; gently
curving to the west to accept near-constant cooling breezes; and blessed with an endless
variety of nature's creatures, from fish to fowl. |
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THE BREEZE AND I Cicadas sing, high in the trees. Waves whisper at the shore. A soft and gentle southwest breeze wafts the echo of an oar across the Lake. Beneath the red and rising sun, a heron spreads its wings to fly. Two swallows swoop and swerve as one against the brilliant azure sky and leave a rainbow in their wake. Here, once, the "Comet" clanked and roared. "Canadiana" crowds debarked to share the comforts of the shore and seek the treasures of the Park, arrayed like gems, in easy reach. The throngs are gone. The Comet's still, but not the ever constant breeze; and cottages upon the Hill remain to tend the memories of summer, youth, and Crystal Beach. Ange Coniglio Professional Beachcomber
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"The gang", July, 2004. Click individual for identification. |
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Our good neighbors at the beach. |
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Potts family
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The Tricolis ~ Jackie and
Marty |
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Marty Tricoli |
Chucky (Tricoli), King of
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Marty Tricoli with |
Jackie Provenzano Tricoli |
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The end of another day in Paradise ~ August 16, 2005 |
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A small part of the Coniglio Family Reunion ~ July 2006 ~ |
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Why we don't like the "beach cleaner".
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Cornfield-by-the-Lake |
A real beach |
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Even Winter is spectacular at the beach ~ after the ice storm, January 31, 2008 |
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June 19, 2010 |
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Angie Bongiovanni, Pat Poole, Carol Tomaselli, Janet Tomaselli and Rosie Fiorella ~ July 8, 2010 |
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Last day of the season at the beach ~ October 15, 2010 |
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walking almost to the block, as the North wind sends the Lake to Buffalo. |
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photo of a sunset at the Beach: 'I got a million of 'em!!' |
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| Family gathering ~ July 2011 | Jackie and Shelly cooling their heels at the Beach ~ July 2011 |
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Summer 2011 |
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| The Dick and Mina Potts family ~ 'First Family of Crystal Beach' |
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August 21, 2011 |
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| Bailey, Ange, Denise, and Samantha | Our birthday present: the Golden Pier at the end of the rainbow. |
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September 6, 2011 ~ the day after Labor Day, and everyone is gone. What a shame! |
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