The calm, blue beauty of Lake Ontario is a good friend to residents of lovely Pickering, Ontario. The pristine shoreline running alongside this scenic town square makes stunning a household word for those who live there. Pickering is also just a short boat ride from the picturesque Scarborough Bluffs, a destination for anyone who loves to be engulfed in the beauty of their surroundings. With Port Whitby to the East and Toronto to the North, the lake offers Pickering residents ample access by boat to all kinds of great locations if they want to take a day trip or enjoy a weekend getaway.

A sapphire sparkle from the ripples of Lake Ontario sets the stage and emits the underlying tone for all of the activities that the community of Pickering takes part in, as they all center around the unavoidable beauty of Lake Ontario and its shores. At the heart of Pickering lies the functional, natural allure of Millennium Square Park, a large public gathering place and park that rests boldly on the shores of the lake. Offering direct access to the trail system, Millennium Park is always bustling with action and play, from cycling to volleyball. Nearby restaurants like the Waterfront Bistro make enjoying a great meal just par for the course in Pickering, and the icing on the cake is the Waterfront Concert Series that Pickering puts on in Millennium Square each Summer when the sun goes down. Form contemporary pop to rock and roll that brings a tap to your toes, the music brings people together every week in Pickering.

Every great city needs great self storage services to go along with it. No one need shoulder the burden of running out of room in Pickering as long as long as they have access to the spacious, secure self storage units from StorageMart. Offering 24 hour access through specially controlled security access gates, StorageMart insists that any time of day or night is the right time when it comes to self storage access. Located in Pickering at 1700 Alliance Road, StorageMart is residents first choice for self storage due to ease and convenience and also due to the low self storage rates.

Being healthy and active many not be a prerequisite for living in Pickering, but chances are that by the time all is said and done, most everyone in town participates in some form of exercise or recreational activity. The old saying goes that a family that plays together, stays together and this seems to hold some weight, as many families choose to play together at the Pickering Recreation Complex. From Squash and aquatics to tennis and racquetball, there are all kinds of ways to keep fit and busy at the Pickering Recreation Complex, and the families that have made this healthy habit a part of their daily lives are all the better for it. Even those who wish to remain more sedentary can still enjoy the popular sport of bird watching in beautiful Beachfront Park. With gorgeous Lake Ontario views and creative play structures for the young ones, Beachfront Park is buffet of fun for Pickering residents when they are ready to go outside and play, which seems to be pretty frequently.

Guests and schoolchildren of all ages have enjoyed the Pickering Museum Village for generations. Pickering Museum Village, transports you back in time to a built to scale pioneer village featuring schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, general store and other facets of pioneer life that can still be evidenced in our lives today. Hands on activities and performers in period dress acting out life in on the pioneer plains give a sense of realism to any outing taken to Pickering Museum Village. It is a favorite of school children and civic groups alike.

Sometimes while searching through your old self storage unit it may seem like you are traveling back through time as you dig through the years of memories that may be contained within. Though the past is gone, it is always nice to be reminded of times that we have had and people that we have known. This is one of the reasons why so many people in Pickering Ontario take advantage of self storage services from StorageMart, to help them preserve their memories safely so that they can revisit them another time.