Cape Hurd - Barney Lake History Barney Lake Nature Reserve is located on the Northern Bruce Peninsula, just a 5-minute drive from Tobermory. It is over 400 acres and was acquired by EBC over a number of years beginning in 2002. After acquiring the lake as part of a 300-acre purchase from a family in Owen Sound, we eventually added...
Cape Hurd - Alvar Bay The Alvar Bay Nature Reserve is another project EBC has worked on for several years. The initial 4-acre parcel was acquired in 2001. This parcel is adjacent to an Ontario Nature reserve and protects significant Lake Huron shoreline. Slowly, EBC continued acquiring land in this area. In 2003, EBC acquired 62 acres from the Hock...
Adams - Book Reserves Two separate parcels were acquired by EBC near Cameron Lake. The first reserve was a 40-acre property acquired in 2009 with the help of the Adams Family. In 2015, the Book reserve was donated adding 8.78 acres to the southwest corner of the Adams Nature Reserve. This reserve is in an area just outside the boundary...
Sadler Creek-Begg History Sadler Creek was purchased by EBC in 2004. It is a 1,092-acre reserve. Begg is a 21-acre reserve that extends the Sadler Creek reserve. EBC acquired the Begg property (westernmost parcel) in 2011. This property is just southeast of our Fedy Reserve on Lindsay Road 30. Significant Features Sadler Creek is considered a provincially significant wetland and is...
Harkins Reserve History The Harkins Preserve is a 6-acre property right on the shore of Lake Huron. Six, one-acre parcels were donated by the Harkins family to protect the special features on this property! Significant Features The Harkins Nature Preserve is located south of our Sadler Creek Nature Reserve. It includes significant Lake Huron shoreline, Alvar and if you look hard...
Vansickle History The Vansickle Reserve was EBC’s first nature reserve! It was acquired in 1998. It is a 14-acre reserve. Significant Features The Vansickle Reserve is located within walking distance of the Harkins Road Side Trail, part of the Bruce Trail. This reserve is also located within the boundaries of the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve. Location Starting in Tobermory,...
Schulz The Schulz Reserve was acquired in 2005. It is a 4.5-acre reserve. This reserve is right on the shore of Georgian Bay. It has a trail running through it and surrounding it and includes the full escarpment. It is located within the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve. Starting in Ferndale, head north on Highway 6 then turn east on Lindsay...
Cape Chin-Martin History The Martin Reserve was acquired in 2002. It is a 100-acre reserve. Significant Features This reserve includes the Bruce Trail. Because there is no road access you must use these trails to get to the property. Species at risk have been observed on this property including the eastern whip-poor-will and the black tern. The eastern edge of...
Jackson's Cove History This is a 32-acre reserve acquired in 2002. Significant Features This reserve contains a long stretch of the Jackson’s Cove Side Trail and Cannon Side Trail, sections of the Bruce Trail. This reserve is located in the Hope Bay Forest and Cape Dundas Areas of Natural Scientific Interest. Location Start in Lion’s Head and head south on...
Davison Reserve History The Davison Reserve is a 43-acre property acquired in 2012. It is in an area that is becoming heavily developed for cottages. The Davison family has retained the northeast corner of the property and donated the remainder to EBC. This gives us the opportunity to prevent further encroachment on the west, an area that has become quite...
CAW Nature Preserve History This nature preserve is 106 acres and was donated to EBC by the Canadian Auto Workers, now UNIFOR, in 2013. This nature preserve backs onto an area of relatively high development along the shoreline. By protecting this site, UNIFOR has helped prevent its development from further southern expansion. Significant Features This site is located across the...
McSporran Nature Reserve History In 2007, the McSporrans completed a conservation severance with EBC. In doing so, they retained the northern half of their property and donated the southern 58 acres to EBC. Significant Features This nature reserve has the Saugeen River crossing through on a north-south trajectory starting midway through the southern boundary. This reserve plays an important ecological function...
Saugeen - Darroch Nature Reserve This 35-acres nature reserve was acquired in 2008 as part of the Darroch Nature Reserve in Hanover. This nature reserve occurs along the Saugeen River. The Hanover Community Trail follows the eastern boundary of the property and continues north and south. You can use this trail to access the Saugeen River and canoe/kayak along the...
Fedy History This 95 acres narure reserve was conserved in the year 2004. Features A stream traverses the property from the southern property line to the north east corner of the property; the stream originates from a pond which was formed from a dam. The property has various ecotypes including a good quality cedar swamp along the eastern edge, an...
Turner History This reserve is 101.64 acres, and consists of inland and shoreline forests. Features presence of significant alvar and fen habitats and rare species, which include the threatened Hill’s Thistle and Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, is confirmed. Hill’s Thistle was found on the both the inland property (northeast of Bradley Drive) and shoreline property (southwest of Bradley Drive). An Eastern...
Rumbold History This 19 acres property is designated as Hazard and Rural according to Bruce County Official Plan. Hazard Lands are areas that pose a risk if developed due to inherent site conditions. Features The Rumbold Property is dominated by a lowland deciduous forest with a wetland that covers around half of the parcel. The forests and wetlands on the property contribute...
Tomboulian History This property is 50 acres. Features This is a mature stand of sugar maple with some ash and silver birch, ironwood and basswood. There are escarpment crevices with the rare Hart’s Tongue Fern along those crevices. The compartment encompasses the whole of the property. There are many habitat wildlife features such as standing dead trees, lying dead trees....
Kowal/Heigenhauser History This property is 31.38 acres. Features The property is located within the Sucker Creek subwatershed. This watershed contains one of the highest concentration of coastal wetland, wetland and alvar habitat on the Bruce Peninsula. This watershed also has one of the highest near-shore road densities on the Bruce Peninsula. The forest habitat on these parcels contribute to the...
Trafelet History This 67.70 acres property is forested (with the exception of the wetland) and therefore in addition to being designated ProvinciallySignificant Wetland, the property is also designated as Significant Woodlands. Features The entirety of the property is located within Grey Sauble Conservation Authority’s Regulated Area and is identifiedin the Sauble River Watershed Plan. The Trafelet property will help support...
Sucker Creek History This 99 acres property was conserved in 2006. Features The property is an abandoned farm, consisting of three compartments - two open field areas, a woodlot and a small plantation.There is a stream (Sucker Creek) containing small fish flowing through the property. There is an old barn, recovered in sheet metal, a small woodshed, an outhouse and...
Wyldewood Cove History This 10.83 acres nature reserve was protected in 2019 and is designated as Environment Protection. The access is usually wet and the parcel small, making the land unsuitable for hiking. Bald eagles, kingfishers, muskrats, and deer have been spotted on this site and it is best to leave them undisturbed. Features The Wyldewood property is located within Nottawasaga...
Bates History This property is 33.57 acres. Features The southern section of the property was previously used for agricultural purposes up to about 20 years ago. This section is regenerating and contains various apples, hawthorns, ash and somemaple. The rear or northern part of the property is a mature maple bush that was high graded in the past. Restoration of...
Carey History This 54.17 acres property is located within the Lower Maitland subwatershed. The Lower Maitland River Valley is a landscape worth protecting, as it is one of few in the Country, Region and Province with a continuous forest cover and many natural heritage features, such as fish habitat, limestone outcroppings and a gorge. Features The southeast of the property is dominated...
Kucharczyc History Donated to EBC in 2004. Features This property is 50 acres of early successional mixed stand. The basal area ranged from 24 to 38. The property is a mixture of coniferous tress such as balsam fir and spruce and deciduous tress like poplar and birch. Location Located just in the centre of the Bruce County Forest on lot...
Campbell et al. History This property is 33.88 acres. Features The property is covered by White Ash, Balsam Fir, Eastern White Cedar, Balsam Poplar, White Birch, Red Pine, Quaking Aspen, Big Tooth Aspen, Red Maple, Black Cherry and Choke Cherry, with other shrubs, ferns and wildflowers, which houses several birds during the breeding season such as Black Throated Green Warbler,...
Hobson History & Location EBC acquired this 94-Acre property in several transactions. The most recent occured in 2015, thanks in part to a generous donation by the previous owner, Emily Hobson. The site is usually hikeable, with space for up to two cars to park on Cape Hurd Road near Tobermory. Traveling west, you may park shortly after the bend...
Hoy History This property is 10.12 acres and donated to EBC in 2006. Features 80% of the area is marsh, part of the Pike Bay Complex. Location The Hoy Nature Reserve is located north of Pike Bay, 800 m from the Lake Huron shoreline.
Sucker Creek-Peabody History This property is 20.03 acres and was donated to EBC in 2008. Significant Features Property provides a natural buffer for the Sucker Creek Provincially Significant Wetland (PSW) as well as for additional PSWs; Howendale Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest, and 5 Grey Sauble Conservation Parcels. Speacies at Risk: Tuberous-Indian Plantain, Dwarf Lake Iris, Midland Painted Turtle, Hill's...
Pentengore Kelly History This property is 0.55 acres and was donated to EBC in 2009. Significant Features The Pentengore Kelly Nature is a mixed forest located in the Municipality of Kincardine, close to a residential area. Part of the land is wetland which includes a portion of a creek which drains into the Penetangore River which finally flows into Lake...
Uffen History This property is 0.75 acres. Significant Features The Uffen Nature Reserve is part of the Chiefs Point Povincially Significant Wetland. This property provides suitable habitat for the Specie At Rrisk; Dwarf Lake Iris, which has been reported on the property. Location Bruce County, Town of South Bruce Peninsula. Located 10 km north of Sauble Beach, this nature reserve is...
Thomson History This property is 0.43 acres. Significant Features Most of the property is designated as Escarpment Natural Area. Located within the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere, it’s also southwest of another Ontario Nature reserve. As part of the escarpment, there is a 100-foot-high cliff on the property. Location Bruce County, Town of South Bruce Peninsula
Ottewell-Amabel History This property is 200 acres. Significant Features The property is part of a large contiguous forested area that occurs east of Boat Lake. The majority of the trees on the property are approximately 100 years old and the property is only accessible by unopened road allowances. A County Forest, Amabel Tract, borders the property to the south. In...
Ottewell-Ashfield History This property is 100 acres. Significant Features According to the Huron County Official Plan, almost this entire property is designated as Natural Environment, a designation that is applies to those areas that meet the criteria of Natural Heritage Features and Areas in the Provincial Policy Statement. Approximately 90.64 acres (36.68 ha) of 100-acre parcel has this designation. The...
Sifton History This property is 0.37 acres, and located in the community of Goble’s Grove, south of Port Elgin, in an area now substantially developed for cottages but retaining many of its ecological features on the large cottage lots Significant Features The old Nipissing Lake shoreline runs close to this property and has numerous springs and seeps. This Property is...
Ottewell-Goderich History This property is 3.06 acres, and located along the shores of Lake Huron within the Municipality of Central Huron. Significant Features The forests and open natural area on this reserve provides important sources of food, shelter, breeding habitat and travel corridors for a variety of wildlife including birds, mammals, herpetofauna and aquatic species. The property contains the following trees...
Orlowski History This property is 98.8 acres. Significant Features The Orlowski reserve consists of a cleared area at the front (approximately 10 acres) and a large wetland area (approximately 35 acres) in the middle with the back consisting of a large treed rock out cropping (approximately 35 acres). The balance of this property contains mostly tree and bush coverage. The...
Hobson Little Pike History This property is 142.81 acres. Significant Features The Hobson Pike Bay Property is dominated by a coniferous forest with small patches of wetlands. The forests and wetlands on the property contribute to the surrounding natural area and create a large tract of forest, uninterrupted by public roads, of approximately 4,000 acres in size. This area expands...