Nicols Gully History Nicol’s Gully is a 17-acre property with the Pottawatomi River crossing through it. It was acquired in 2001. Significant Features The property is important to the nearby residents and area fisherman for enjoying nature by plant observations, bird-watching and access to the river. The wildlife potential is excellent as there are various wildlife habitat characteristics such as...
Kimbercote Reserve The property is very scenic and includes features typical of the Beaver Valley and the Niagara Escarpment. A trail has been maintained on the property running from east to west along a steep gradient climbing upward toward the western boundary. The trail goes through a regenerating field dominated by young white ash and scattered red maple, black cherry,...
Heathcote - Kritsch Reserve History This reserve is 15 acres - 9 acres were purchased jointly with the Town of the Blue Mountains in 2008 and the final 6 acres were donated by Mr. Thomas Kritsch in 2015. It has significant frontage on the Beaver River in the Blue Mountains. Significant Features This reserve is just outside the boundaries of...
Skeoch History The Skeoch Reserve was donated in 2015. It is almost 70 acres and includes part of the Bruce Trail. Significant Features The property appears to have experienced natural succession for many decades, untouched and unaided by human influence except for the creation and maintenance along the Bruce Trail. A headwaters tributary of the Beaver River rises within one...
History Trout Hollow Nature Reserve was generously donated by the Knight family to EBC in 2021 and is a truly unique property of 160 acres. Significant Features The former site of the Georgian Bay Milling and Power Company, visitors can still see remnants of the mill that powered the Georgian Bay region 100 years ago, now lush with native flora...
History:EBC obtained this reserve in 2001 as a donation from Henry R Nordin in order to manage and protect wildlife habitat. This reserve is 77 acres in size and has three distinct forest cover type- mature forest, polewood and regeneration. Features:The reserve is home to 137 native plant species such as ferns, grass, sedges and milkweed. Location:The reserve is located...
History EBC acquired Plue Nauture Reserve in 2004; it is approximately 200 acres in size. This reserve protects critical wetland habitat from drainage and development, a fate all too common to wetlands in Ontario. Features The reserve is traversed by the South Saugeen River and is mainly wetland, swamp, marsh or the river itself. Plue’s extensive wetlands are home to a...
History:The McLeod reserve was received as a generous donation by the McLeod family in 2017 to 100 acres of ecologically significant land from development. Features:The property is located in the Upper Main Saugeen River Watershed and is dominated by the Kinghurt West Life Science ANSI, which extends north to the Kinghurst Swamp Provincially Significant Wetland. The wetland on the southwest corner...
History:The 50 acre Foster reserve was received as a donation to EBC in order to further protect the Niagara Escarpment Natural Area. Features:Foster is located within the Keefer Creek Watershed which is rated by Grey Sauble Conservation as excellent for both surface water quality and forest conditions. There has been no logging in almost 100 years and no human activity on...
History:EBC acquired this property on September 1st, 2004 from the Campbell family. Features:The property is 10 acres mostly treed and includes a wetland at the southern edge and an exceptionally large vernal pond along the northern edge. There are some very good wildlife cavity trees on property which serve as a protective shelter for species to hibernate or roost and...
History:The Miller Nature Reserve was received as a donation from the Miller family to preserve the 254 acres of land. Features:The Miller property is in the Town of Georgian Bluffs south of Mountain Lake and is within the Sauble River/ Hepworth sub-watershed. The Mountain Lake Skinner’s Marsh wetland is a significant feature of this property and Marshes account for a...
History:EBC acquired the Van de Ploeg property to protect and extend the Escarpment Natural Area. Features:Once a number of farm fields along the Niagara Escarpment, Van de Ploeg is now seeing regeneration and a return to its natural state.The property has many native tree species such as elm, willow, maple and white cedar. A beautiful stream flows through this compartment...
Springer-Derby History This property is 50 acres. Significant Features There is a small creek which runs through the northeast corner and flows into the Sydenham River just east of the property. There are also some wood duck nest boxes along the stream and some fruit-bearing shrubs as food for wildlife. This nature reserve links the extensive woodlands to the west...
History This reserve is 54.76 acres. the south 47.26-acres land is designated as Niagara Escarpment PlanArea, and the north 7.5 acres land are designated as Hazard Lands and Rural. Features Due to influences from the Niagara Escarpment, the topography of the property is highly variable. The highest elevations occur at the middle of the property. Lowest elevations occur along Big Bay Creek...
Mooi History This property is 96.95 acre. The majority of the Subject Property is forested with the North Spey River running through the eastern portion of the property and there is open water in the southeastern part of the. There is about 4.82 acres of old field which is afforesting naturally. Features One of the major features of the property is the...
Long Swamp History This property is 201.9 acres. Significant Features Provincially Significant Wetland Complex composed of 3 wetland types (1%fen, 92% swamp, 7% marsh) Area completely forested broken up into 4 different forest types: mixed hardwood(90-100yrs.old), white cedar, soft maple swamp, soft maple swamp flooded. Species spotted on the property are: Midland Painted Turtle, Eastern Ribbonsnake, Eastern Meadowlark, Snapping Turtle....
Sauble River - Talaska History This property is 13.49 and donated to EBC is 2007. Features This mixed lowland forest is part of the riparian zone of Sauble River, predominantly surrounded by agricultural lands, which contributes to the network of forests that remain in the area. Location This Nature Reserve is located on the west side of the Sauble River,...
Sinkhole History This property is 9.4 acres and was donated to EBC in 2007. Significant Features The property is a upland deciduous forest with a patch of evergreen trees on the middle west. It is part of the forested creeks network, also surrounded by agricultural lands. This swamp is also part of a wildlife concentration area where a Mixed Wader...
Ward History This property is 35.44 acres. Significant Features This Nature Reserve is between Grey and Bruce County. This property occurs along the Saugeen River, on the west of Town of Walkerton. It is located where the South Saugeen River drains into the Upper Saugeen River. The nature reserve is formed by parcels located on the right side of South...
Edwards Chatsworth History This property is 39.5 acres. According to the Official Plan for the County of Grey, the Subject Property is in an area designated as Rural and Hazard Lands. Significant Features This reserve is nearly rectangular in shape with the exception of an irregular eastern boundary. The property does not have frontage on a paved roadway but is...
Springer Conger History This property is 51.23 acres and consists primarily of forested wetland surrounded by woodland and wetland. Significant Features Deciduous forests of sugar maple, American beech, and oak and ash species dominate the natural areas. Mixed and coniferous forests are scattered through the eco-district. On drier sites, eastern white pine and red pine grow. Spruce species, eastern hemlock, balsam fir,...
Edwards Kemble History The Edwards Kemble reserve is 40.47 acres and was donated to EBC in 2010. Significant Features The northern portion of the property contains the location of the former farmstead and an existing barn with old fields bordered by willow and white spruce. Some fields have been planted in white pine and white oak. The remainder of the...
Long Swamp - Mills History This property is 34.35 acres. Significant Features The Mills Nature Reserve is part of the Long Swamp Complex Provincially Significant Wetland, north side of Pottawatomi River which flows northeast throughout Springmount to then drain into Georgian Bay. This area provides suitable habitat for species like Massassauga Rattlesnake, Snapping Turtle and Black Tern, which have been...
Thornton History This property is 30.26 acres. Significant Features The Thornton property contains a wet forest dominated by Eastern White Cedar with smaller representations of both climax and pioneer species including sugar maple, American beech, white ash, basswood, ironwood, white spruce, eastern hemlock, balsam poplar, balsam fir and yellow birch and an unevaluated wetland dominated by eastern white cedar with...
Waisberg History This property is 46.25 acres. Significant Features The Property contains a mix of both forested land (approximately 25%) and former farmland (approximately 75%) that has been retired and is undergoing reforestation. Forested portions of the property are mixed forest dominated by sugar maple or eastern white cedar with dominance varying by location. Forested areas are concentrated along relatively steep slopes...
Silver History This property is 119.35 acres. Significant Features The silver property includes approximately 35 acres of formerly tilled land in five fields which were reforested most recently three years ago with larch, black walnut, spruce, white pine and cherry trees. The land also contains a maple-beech climax forest and part of the Wodehouse Marsh Wetland at the rear of...
Francis Lake History This property is 5.93 acres. Significant Features Smart Nature Reserve is dominated by lowland deciduous forest and located on the shore of Lake Francis. The area is classified as an Ontario Nature Greenway Priority Stewardship Area, and half of the nature reserve is located in a Medium-High to High Landscapes Connectivity zone according to the Wildlife Corridor...
Boyd Lake History This property is 78.32 acres. Significant Features The Boyd Lake property is dominated by wetlands, coniferous forest, and some deciduous areas. The wetlands on the property cover the northeast and southern sections of the property. All the wetlands on the property are identified as provincially significant. The combination of wetlands and forests on the Boyd Lake property...
Graham History This property is 96.89 acres. Approximately 23% of it is forested wetland, 17% wetland, and 60% forest. Significant Features This property is designated as Escarpment Natural Area. These areas are considered to represent the most significant natural and scenic areas of the Escarpment. The property consists of forested and wetland area, delimited by woodland in the east and south,...