That's Normal on a Beach?

Most beaches in the Vancouver region come with logs to sit on, something I've never seen done elsewhere:


One of the friends we were staying with, a native Vancouverite, said it wasn't until after he left town and started traveling that he realized not all the beaches in the world had logs on them.

I told him I had the same realization, after a childhood on the East Coast, when I saw my first beach without a boardwalk.