cabot head

water snake

georgian bay

forest green

sitting place

porcupine

ramps

georgian bluffs

Bruce Trail access points

Albion Hills Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Toronto Conservation Authority, Toronto, Ontario

Ball's Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Allansburg, Ontario

Beamer Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Allansburg, Ontario

Boyne Valley - Access to the Bruce Trail, Alliston, Grey Sable Conservation Authority

Bruce Caves Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sable Conservation Authority, Central Ontario, Ontario

Bruce Peninsula National Park - Feature article from Out-There, Bruce Peninsula

Crawford Lake Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Halton Region Conservation Authority, Ontario

Devil's Glen Provincial Park - Access to the Bruce Trail, Wasaga Beach, Parks Ontario

Devil's Punch Bowl Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Conservation Authority

Dundas Valley Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority - Hamilton, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario

Esquesing Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail

Eugenia Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sable Conservation Authority, Central Ontario, Ontario

Felker's Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority

Forks of the Credit Provincial Park - Access to the Bruce Trail, Alliston, Parks Ontario

Glen Haffy Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Toronto Conservation Authority, Toronto, Ontario

Hilton Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Halton Region Conservation Authority, Ontario

Hockley Valley Provincial Park - Access to the Bruce Trail, Parks Ontario, Alliston

Indian Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, Central Ontario, Ontario

Inglis Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, Central Ontario, Ontario

Iroquoia Heights Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority

Kelso Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Halton Region Conservation Authority, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario

Limehouse Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Credit Valley Conservation Authority

Louth Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Allansburg, Ontario

Mono Cliffs Provincial Park - Alliston, Parks Ontario

Mount Albion Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority

Mount Nemo Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Halton Region Conservation Authority, Ontario

Mountain View Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Allansburg, Ontario

Noisy River Provincial Park - Parks Ontario, Alliston

Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

Old Baldy Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority

Palgrave Conservation Area (Municipal) - Access to the Bruce Trail, Palgrave

Petun Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Nottawasga Valley Conservation Area

Pottawatomi Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority

Pretty River Valley Provincial Park - Access to the Bruce Trail, Ontario Parks

Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Halton Region Conservation Authority, Ontario

Rockway Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Allansburg, Ontario

Short Hills Provincial Park - Access to the Bruce Trail, Parks Ontario

Silver Creek Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Credit Valley Conservation Authority

Skinner's Bluff Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority

Spirit Rock Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority

Terra Cotta Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Credit Valley Conservation Authority

Vinemount Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Conservation Authority

Walters Falls Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail

Winona Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Hamilton Conservation Authority

Woodend Conservation Area - Access to the Bruce Trail, Conservation Niagara

the view from Cape Chin North ...

uplandforest, georgian bluffs

sunflower

sunset over escarpment

chipmunk

pickerel frog

dyers bay

daylily - hemerocallis fulva

last stand

The most ancient and least disturbed forest ecosystem in eastern North America clings to the vertical cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment. Prior to 1988 it had escaped detection even though the entire forest was in plain view and was being visited by thousands upon thousands of people every year. The reason no one had discovered the forest was that the trees were relatively small and lived on the vertical cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment. The Last Stand reveals the complete account of the discovery of this ancient forest, of the miraculous properties of the trees forming this forest (eastern white cedar), and of what is was like for researchers to live, work and study within this forest. The unique story is told with text, with stunning colour photographs and through vivid first-hand accounts. This book will stand the test of time as a testament to science, imagination and discovery.

peninsula watersheds

The east-west tilt of the Peninsula results in a general
flow of waters toward Lake Huron. Some of this drainage
occurs beneath the surface in underground channels
and rivers that have cut their way through the
soft porous rock. On the surface, the northern Bruce
is dotted with wetlands and lakes and has a history of
rich inland fisheries.

Within [Bruce Peninsula National Park], surface waters
move northeast to southwest. A complex of inland
lakes, including Emmett, Crane, George, Umbrella,
and Upper and Lower Andrew, are found in the north
central portion of the Park; some occupy basins carved
by glacial action from the bedrock. In addition to the
surface flow, there is some underground drainage
through caves and fissures in the bedrock. The park
area also has several different types of beaches: sand,
cobble, and boulder.