Grant Moose Bay Reserve
This property is accessible by permission. If you’d like to visit, please contact Aaron Rusak at (416) 440-1519 x 103 or aaron.rusak@gblt.org.
Property Details
Size: 13.4 acres
Location: Wah Wah Taysee
Year Acquired: 2017
Donated by: Doug & Ruth Grant
Stewards:
Jonathan Edwards
Llewellyn Matthews
Property Info
The Grant Moose Bay Reserve is located in the central-west portion of the community of Wah Wah Taysee. The immediate area is largely mainland and is just inland from open Georgian Bay.
The Grant Moose Bay Reserve has been identified as a high priority area for biodiversity, and provides habitat for at least five documented at-risk species. Its rich coastal marsh and inland thicket swamp are ideal turtle habitat.
The Grant reserve connects to the neighbouring 51-acre Kofman Moose Bay Reserve, and is just across Moose Bay from the large O’Donnell Point Conservation Reserve, increasing the size of a valuable connected corridor. Such connections between protected areas greatly enhance the individual properties’ conservation value, as they allow species to move freely within the habitat ranges they depend on for survival.
Thank you Doug and Ruth Grant for your important additional contribution to this protected area.