Protected areas of the Northern Bruce Peninsula

Bruce Peninsula National Park is the largest, but not
the only, fully protected area on the northern Bruce
Peninsula. There are five provincial parks and nature
reserves within the greater park ecosystem of Bruce
Peninsula National Park as well as a handful of private
nature reserves and Fathom Five National Marine Park
(which includes a number of islands and a small mainland
area) . This diversity of protected areas reflects
the high degree of biological diversity and the number
of rare and unusual species and ecosystems found on
the Bruce. But protected areas on their own cannot
protect species and ecosystems. Species may have
home ranges that are much larger than any one protected
area or rare species may be found in areas that
are not protected. This is why scientists are increasingly
calling for the establishment of landscape linkages
between different protected areas and for stewardship
of private lands.