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The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Island, with which it forms the widest strait joining Georgian Bay to the rest of Lake Huron.
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
The Niagara Escarpment stretches 725 kilometres (450 mi) along the entire eastern edge of the Bruce Peninsula, a globally significant area covering 1,700 square kilometres (660 sq mi) at the tip of which lies Bruce Peninsula National Park. Within the park the escarpment forms the Georgian Bay shoreline and constitutes part of the core area of ...
Bruce Peninsula National Park is known for its crystal clear blue waters, cobblestone beaches, rocky cliffs and karst formations. [ 3 ] The park is open year-round [ 3 ] and offers visitors vistas to view either the sunrise or sunset, the rocks of the Niagara Escarpment, and the wildlife, which includes black bear , many species of birds, wild ...
Lion's Head is a community in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.It is located at the midway point of the Bruce Peninsula, about halfway between Owen Sound and Tobermory, just east of Ferndale on Bruce Road 9.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Northern Bruce Peninsula had a population of 4,404 living in 2,206 of its 5,101 total private dwellings, a change of 10.1% from its 2016 population of 3,999. With a land area of 775.7 km 2 (299.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.7/km 2 (14.7/sq mi) in 2021. [4]
Georgian Bay Islands National Park (established 1929) consists of 63 small islands or parts of islands in Georgian Bay, near Port Severn, Ontario. [2] The total park area is approximately 13.5 km 2 (5.2 sq mi).
Berford Lake (French: lac Berford) is a lake in South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County in southwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] It is the source of the ...