The Georgian Bay Land Trust is a not-for-profit, registered charity, whose goal is to protect the uniqueness of the eastern shore and North Channel of Georgian Bay through the securement and on-going stewardship of land that has ecological, geological and historical importance. Through this work, the GBLT works to educate and promote the importance of this area. The GBLT is one of 39 land trusts working in Ontario to protect important private land from development and loss of native habitats and flora and fauna. As one of the first land trusts in Ontario, GBLT has been a leader in many facets, helping to promote the land trust movement and support other land trusts in their interests and activities in other areas throughout the province.

Since forming in 1991, the GBLT has secured and currently stewards 15 properties that have come to the Trust via donations, purchases, conservation easements and a lease. Currently, both independently and in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, our land protection committee is actively involved in discovering new opportunities and assessing these opportunities with the goals and objectives of the Trust and the funds available to purchase, if necessary and steward these potential projects.

The Trust depends on the local residents in each of the communities where our properties are found, to assist us in the monitoring and on-going management and protection of each property's natural features. This provides the Trust with assistance in the on-going stewardship of the property and an opportunity to promote and educate others on the significance of this area. To learn more about our stewardship program, visit the Land Protection portion of our website.

The accomplishments of the Trust are a result of our strong working Board and previous part-time and current full- and part-time staff', all of whom bring a deep love of Georgian Bay as well as his or her talent to the mission of the Trust. The combination of dedication, depth of knowledge and high levels of energy have facilitated the development of our organization. Our Board includes 17 dedicated Directors and an Advisory Board of 14 key individuals (to learn more about our Board, please see…).

To help facilitate the activities of the Trust, a number of our Directors and Advisors participate in a variety of committees. These include the Executive Committee, Fundraising Committee, Finance Committee, Land Protection Committee, Communications Committee and Stewardship Committee. These committees include both Board members and volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering on one of our committees, please contact us at info@gblt.org.

Click below to view our 2005 Annual Report.

2005 Annual Report (2,515K)