The camp served as a labor hub, providing workers to local farms and food processing plants in the Hamlin area.

After World War II, the Lake Ontario State Parkway was extended through the park, increasing accessibility.

Evidence of the Civilian Conservation Corps' park improvements can be seen, including stone-work on headwalls, barriers and pavilions.

State and Federal funding was provided and the beaches were rebuilt and jetties were added to help prevent further damage.

[5] Hamlin Beach State Park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, surfing, hiking and biking, fishing, a campground with 264 tent and trailer sites, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, a boat launch, and a food concession.

With this money, the old 1939 sandstone bathhouse, built by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, underwent heavy remodeling.

The tree-covered bluff is part of a larger sand and clay shoal that extends approximately one mile (1.6 km) under the lake.

The above-water section of the Nose used to be much larger, but rising lake levels and erosion has drastically reduced the size.

Devil's Nose is the site of many shipwrecks, including the York in December 1799; the C. Reeve on November 22, 1862; the Almira on June 8, 1863; and the John Weeden on October 27, 1869.