Property Info

The Cognashene Reserve is a small but impressive property in central Cognashene. Its extensive open rock barrens with scattered Common Juniper, countless table rocks, boulders, crevices, and small caves are ideal habitats for several reptiles at-risk, as well as for breeding Prairie Warblers and foraging Eastern Whip-poor-wills. Its 700 feet of shoreline are a mix of sand, cobble, bedrock, and a coastal meadow marsh, which provide ideal habitat for turtles and frogs. The property also contains a Virginia Chain Fern Bog, which is uncommon in Ontario and may contain orchids such as the White-fringed orchid. There are likely snake hibernacula and gestation-sites on the property, and numerous safe places for snakes to hunt, bask, and shed their skins.