Nearby towns are Ponemah, Whytewold, and Matlock (all to the south), Gimli, and Sandy Hook, (located to the north), as well as Teulon, and Selkirk.

In addition to the attraction of a three kilometre stretch of sandy beach, the CPR also built and offered an array of accommodation, recreation, and amusement facilities, including a prominent dance hall.

Piers, parks and picnic grounds were constructed to accommodate the weekend masses that would travel to Winnipeg Beach from the nearby capital city.

By 1913, the summer retreat had become so popular that the CPR had 13 trains running the line between the beach and the City of Winnipeg.

A wooden roller coaster was one of the largest in the country at the time and carried hundreds of passengers on a busy day.

Of the many recreation and railway related structures erected by the CPR at Winnipeg Beach, only the steel water tower survives.