Wiarton to Tobermory

Local Features

Niagara Escarpment
forms a giant horseshoe centred around the Michigan peninsula, that includes the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island.
Bruce Trail
the Bruce Peninsula section of this walking trail runs from Wiarton to Tobermory. This section is 156 km (95 miles) long.
Lake Huron
has a surface area of 59,600 km² (21,600 square miles), 6,160 km (3,700 miles) of shoreline, including islands, and holds 3,590 km³ (800 cubic miles) of water.

Click here to see a map of the area from MapQuest.

If you drive from Wiarton to Tobermory along the main highway, you would wonder why one might call this a green space. But, on the Bruce Trail, which runs along the Georgian Bay side of the peninsula, you would see deep blue waters and steep rocky shorelines. There are ancient white cedars over 700 years old here, open fens and bogs, as well as the prairie-like open fields visible from the highway. The Bruce also combines elements of the Boreal Forest, Mixed Forest and Eastern Deciduous (Carolinian) Forest. This is one of the finest locations for viewing wild orchids in North America north of Florida.

Here too there are caves and sinkholes, and Ontario's only venomous snake, the reclusive Massasauga Rattlesnake. Fans of The Pilgrim's Progress will want to visit the Slough of Despond. The Niagara Escarpment in this area is rich in fossils originating from ancient coral seas.

Caves 40 metres (100 feet) above the current water level were formed by wave action when the land was pushed down by the massive weight of invading glaciers. There are also underwater caves below the current lake level which were formed during a period when the water level was much lower.
Flowerpot

Fathom Five Marine Park is a "National Marine Conservation Area" like the junction of the Saguenay River with the Saint Lawrence.

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