Miramar Motel on Beach Drive, Wasaga Beach, Ontario

Beach Drive showing the Miramar Motel

Beach Drive showing the Miramar Motel

Name/Title

Miramar Motel on Beach Drive, Wasaga Beach, Ontario

Entry/Object ID

2025.5.1

Scope and Content

Digital copy

Context

The plaqued photograph of a portion of Beach Drive between 2nd and 3rd Street looks west along the beachfront. The Miramar Motel is seen on the corner of 2nd Street and Beach Drive. The Miramar Motel was located between 2nd and 3rd Street on the beach at Beach Area One. It was operated by the Beck family including Bonnie (nee Beck) & Bill Cooper. The Miramar Motel was a two storey building with several cabins. The cabins were torn down in 2007 and the motel building was renovated into retail space. The motel building and office were demolished in 2023. The Miramar Motel location was used in the rapper/actor 50 Cent’s 2005 film, Get Rich or Die Tryin’.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.5

Source or Donor

Mark Crowe

Acquisition Method

Gift

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

24 in