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On 26 May 1991, with the Tobermory station re-established, the Mallaig Arun-class lifeboat, 52-21 The Davina and Charles Matthews Hunter (ON 1078), stopped in at Tobermory, and following a presentation ceremony, a small version of the 'St John's Cross of Iona' is now once again being carried aboard the Tobermory lifeboat. [7] Tobermory Severn ...
Tobermory is a small community located at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation.Until European colonization in the mid-19th century, the Bruce Peninsula was home to the Saugeen Ojibway nations, with their earliest ancestors reaching the area as early as 7,500 years ago. [1]
Sweepstakes (also known as Sweeps) was a Canadian schooner built in Burlington, Ontario, in 1867. It was damaged off Cove Island, then towed to Big Tub Harbour in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, where it sank in September 1885. The remains of Sweepstakes lie in Big Tub Harbour, in the Fathom Five National Marine Park, in Tobermory, Ontario. [2]
The Commissioners of Public Works recommended a light be added to the area in 1857, but the light wasn't added until 1881. Charles Earl hung a lantern on a tree beach at night to provider safer access to the passageways that lead to the Tobermory Harbour. He started hanging displaying the light in 1881.
The limestone rock formations make it a scenic area for canoeing, kayaking, hiking the Bruce Trail, rock climbing and visiting the marina-lookout by car. Bruce Peninsula District School is the only secondary school on the Bruce Peninsula north of Wiarton, and one of the few schools in Ontario to go from Kindergarten to grade 12.
Built in 1909 as SS Charles Lemcke by Pedwell and Lembke in Lions Head, Ontario and renamed Henry Pedwell 1912; rebuilt by John Tackaberry in 1916 in Owen Sound; renamed after machinery replaced in Midland, Ontario as Kagawong in 1930 and again renamed SS Eastnor 1933 before it sank and burned in Wiarton Harbour. [6] M.S. Normac: 1931–1968
According to current projections, the province of Ontario will experience an increase in average temperatures of 2.6-2.7 degrees Celsius by 2030 and 5.9-7.4 degrees Celsius by 2080. [23] A further consequence of climate change will be an increase in precipitation by 4.5%-7.1% in Ontario and a possible increase of 3.2%-17.5% by 2080. [ 23 ]
Harbour-class lifeboat Helen Blake (ON 809) at Chatham. Helen Blake (ON 809) was launched 13 times on service, and saved 5 lives. The lifeboat was retired and subsequently sold from service, when the Poolbeg station was closed in 1959.