Looking south · late September
A coastline
kept by its
neighbours.
The Port Franks Beach Homeowners Association is a volunteer-run non-profit. We hold the deed to a private stretch of Lake Huron shoreline, and we have paid for its care since 1977.
- Next up
- Beach Karaoke
- July 11 · 8–11pm
- 2027 dues
- Due Dec 1 · $85
- Beach
- Open · members only
- Board
- 10 directors · 5 areas
Using the beach
Can I use the beach?
Port Franks Beach is privately owned by the association, so it is not a public beach. Use of it is limited to PFBHA members and their guests.
Membership is open to anyone who owns property in Port Franks. There is a one-time $100 initiation fee that covers your first year, then $85 a year after that. If you own property here, you are welcome to join.
- Who can use it
- Members and their guests
- Who can join
- Port Franks property owners
- What it costs
- $100 to start, then $85 a year
What is the PFBHA?
A community
project, since 1977.
Founded in the summer of 1977, the Port Franks Beach Homeowners Association is a volunteer-led non-profit holding the deed to a private stretch of Lake Huron shoreline. Members raised the funds to buy the beach almost half a century ago — and members are still the ones paying its taxes, insuring it, maintaining it, and handing it forward, season by season.
The association is governed by a board of ten directors — two from each of Port Franks’s five neighbourhoods: Huron Sands, Old Ausable, Port Franks Area, Richmond Park, and Windsor Park. Every director, every committee member, every cleanup crew is a volunteer.
“We protect the ecosystem. We ensure rightful use. We fund the work.”
Our mission
A balance between leisure and an unsteady ecosystem.
Protect
We look after the dune ecosystem, balancing everyday use of the beach against the wear that use creates.
Steward
The shoreline is privately held for Port Franks property owners. We set fair rules for its use and ask everyone to follow them.
Sustain
Memberships pay the property taxes, the insurance, and the maintenance — a few hundred neighbours, year after year.
The beach
A private
shore, kept.
A privately owned stretch of Lake Huron shoreline, bought by the association in 1977 and cared for ever since by the people who live within walking distance of it.
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The lake makes its own weather, and rearranges the sand to match.
Shelf cloud over Port Franks · July 27, 2020
The PFBHA year.
All events→
Beach Bash
First weekend of summer
Beach Yoga
Through the season
Karaoke Night
July 11 · 8–11pm
Beach Cleanups
Spring · Fall
Stewardship
Port Franks Beach is what scientists call a dynamic beach — an inherently unstable accumulation of shoreline sediment, reshaped constantly by changing lake levels, wind, and water.
Aurora over the lake · May 2024
Membership
Join the association.
Dues pay the taxes, the insurance, and the upkeep that keep the beach open. Membership runs with your Port Franks property, and the beach is yours to use for as long as you hold it.
Membership details→What it costs
- One-time initiation
- $100
- Yearly dues
- $85
The initiation fee includes your first year.