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Port Severn Wetlands
Environmentally sensitive property, not publicly accessible. Property Info The Port Severn Wetlands property is a large area that extends from the Honey Harbour Road to the southern extent of the mainland where the Trent Severn Waterway meets Severn Sound and Georgian Bay. The lands transferred to the Georgian Bay Land Trust include extensive examples of coastal wetland and associated upland buffer with a mixture of young forest and open rock barren. The entire shore is part of the Potato Island Wetland, which is a combination of graminoid, cattail, bullrush and mixed shallow marsh types. The property supports critical habitat for…
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Environmentally sensitive property, not publicly accessible. Gull & Gilead islands are used as nesting sites for colonial waterbirds. Property Info The two groups of islands are found in the center of the Pine Island group and are known to support populations of nesting Herring Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls and Black-crowned Night Herons, a provincially rare species. They are largely open with only small pockets of vegetation growing in the many crevices and cracks found within the bedrock. These islands are also likely to support some of the rare reptile species known from eastern Georgian Bay, specifically Eastern Foxsnake, a globally rare…
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Environmentally sensitive property, not publicly accessible. Property Info Please note: Only American Camp Island and the adjacent island to the immediate northwest are available for public use, and there is a limit on the number of people allowed on the property at one time. Please note also there is now a red flag that will be flown if the island has reached capacity; we ask that you not land at American Camp at such times. Any group larger than 15 people looking to picnic on American Camp Island should contact Aaron Rusak at aaron.rusak@gblt.org or (416) 440-1519 x103. Please keep an…
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