Property Info

Sandy Island is one of the most ecologically significant privately owned islands in Georgian Bay, providing the only representation of biophysical unit VIIa-5 (weakly broken bare bedrock plain – lacustrine sand).

Sandy’s unusual geographical characteristics provide habitat for a number of vegetation communities and species with southern affinities. This includes Red Oak - Beech forests virtually unknown elsewhere on Georgian Bay, and an unusual and dense understory of Canada Yew. Other rare species and community types found on Sandy include the Eastern Foxsnake, Spotted Turtle, Massasauga rattle snake, Stiff Yellow Flax, Virginia Chain Fern Open Bog and Winterberry Organic Thicket Swamp.

The island has been identified as a provincially significant wetland and has been designated a provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI).

The Georgian Bay community will benefit greatly by the acquisition and protection of this huge and beautiful island.