The Georgian Bay Land Trust protects Crane Lake Reserve

The Georgian Bay Land Trust welcomed a new protected property to our network last week. The Crane Lake Reserve is located on the northern shore of Crane Lake, just to the west of Blackstone Lake. One of the Land Trust’s few inland properties, the reserve boasts more extensive soil development than is common along coastal Georgian Bay, and contains sugar maple and eastern hemlock forests in its inland portions.

The reserve’s shoreline consists of an interior coastal wetland, which provides an important link to a significant high-quality wetland adjacent to the property. Protection by the Georgian Bay Land Trust ensures that this property will remain undeveloped, and that the species who rely on it as a link to interior wetlands, crown land, and other protected areas will continue to benefit from an intact transportation corridor.

The acquisition of the Crane Lake Reserve was made possible through a generous grant from the Great Lakes Basin Conservancy. Thank you to the Conservancy and to everyone who worked to ensure that this property is protected forever!

Georgian Bay Land Trust

The Georgian Bay Land Trust acts to protect wilderness lands and species along the eastern shore of Georgian Bay and the North Channel and its near watershed, through strategic conservation planning, land securement, stewardship, research, and education. Since 1991, we have grown to protect 83 conservation properties and have contributed to the protection of over 41,000 acres of environmentally significant land.

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