Sunset Barrie Triple Drive-In
134 4 Line S,
Shanty Bay,
ON
L0L 2L0
134 4 Line S,
Shanty Bay,
ON
L0L 2L0
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This most likely opened as the Huronia Drive-In as early as 1953, but when Stinson Theatres took over operations in 1971, they twinned the drive-in and renamed it the Barrie Drive-In. A third screen was added in the early-1980s, becoming the Barrie Triple.
The correct address, at least that Google likes is 134 4 Line S, Shanty Bay, ON L0L 2L0, Canada.
Some of these Canadian cities are so confusing to me. The Motion Picture Almanacs list drive-ins for Barrie and Shanty Bay, ending with both the Barrie and Shanty Bay drive-ins listed for the town of Barrie.
1953-54: Barrie – Huronia, H. L. Hagey & A. Winch, 400.
1959: Barrie – Huronia, A. Winch, 400.
1963: Barrie – Huronia, W. Dykeman, 400; Shanty Bay – Drive-In, B. S. Betts, 362.
1969: Barrie – Huronia, 400; Shanty Bay – Drive-In, 362.
1972-76: Barrie – Barrie, 400; Barrie – Shanty Bay, 400.
In 2008, the Barrie was owned by Stinson Theatres, founded by the late Bob Stinson and run by his sons, Henry and Tim.
Premier Operating Corporation bought the place in March 2011 and renamed it Sunset Barrie Drive-In.