Co. on Tuesday (Sept. 13) were directing sand from the Mississippi River into place on the new beaches and dunes that are the rebuilt east and west lobes of Shell Island, about 8 miles southwest ...

Shell Island is a picturesque barrier island of nothing but 7 miles of sparkling white sand, a mainland boasting undisturbed dunes, freshwater lakes, and swamps, and — you guessed it — seashells.

Parks Canada closed part of the Wickaninnish Sand Dunes in 2012 after someone found a half-buried unexploded mortar shell in the sand ... Reserve on Vancouver Island's west coast that was ...