Property Info

The Jean G. Northey Conservation Reserve was donated to the Land Trust in 2015 by Pat Northey, and named in honour of his mother. It is located in Cognashene's Longuissa Bay, and consists of a mainland portion and a small island. This property includes an extensive coastal wetland that is part of a larger complex that has been rated as one of the highest quality wetlands in the Great Lakes by Dr. Pat Chow-Fraser. The property also provides representations of old growth hardwood forests, which are a rare community type along eastern Georgian Bay.