Crystal Beach is a beach community locate on the Canadian shores of Lake Erie. Located next to Ridgeway, Ontario, it is part of Fort Erie, Ontario, which stretches from the Canada-US border to Niagara Falls. Once-famous for a popular amusement park of the same name, the amusement park closed on September 4, 1989 due to financial problems. Since then, Crystal Beach has maintained its cottage-country atmosphere, with a mixture of full-time and seasonal residents.