Red Bay Lodge, resort and conference center on the Bruce Peninsula
Tourist attractions around Bruce Peninsula
The Bruce Peninsula, for relatively small bit of land has unusually rich diversity of habitants. Bruce Peninsula is rich in wetlands, woods trails, meadows and overgrown fields, open waters, shorelines, flats, Niagara Escarpment cliffs, inland lakes, rivers and ponds. Inland lakes and ponds are full of natural life and they are excellent for bird watching, plants, flower and animal observation as well as for fishing, swimming, canoeing and boating.
Plants/Flowers
More then 40 different orchids bloom on the Bruce Peninsula. It is second orchid concentration
in North America, after Florida. Half of the world ‘s Dwarf Lake Iris, most of Canada’s Indian Plantain, rare Rubberweed, Lakeside Daisy and Pitcher Plant find home here. Lichens and Ferns
are one of the oldest living inhabitants of our planet. Some lichens here are thought to be 4500 years old. Thirty-nine of the forty Ferns found in Ontario are on the Bruce Peninsula
Animals/Birds
Most of Ontario wild animals lived here. Birding is excellente. Pied-billed Grebes, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Blue Winged Teal, Great Blue Heron, American Bittern, Osprey, Snipe, Woodcock, Kingfisher, Pileated Woodpeckers, Wrens, Swallows, Warblers, Red-winged Blackbird, Virginia Rail and Sora can be found in local wetlands. Red-headed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Scarlet Tanager, Blue Jays, Northern Oriole, Indigo Bunting, Great Horned, Barred, Eastern Screech, Saw-whet Owls, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper’s Hawk, Goshawk, Broad-winged, Red Shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks are just a few birds you can see on the trails. A lot of other kinds of birds you can find on meadows, overgrown fields, plains and on the cliffs.
Stargazing
The Bruce Peninsula has been designated as a “Dark Skies Community”. Night sky is unaffected by light pollution. All astronomical objects are bright with contrast. Horizons are utterly black. Stars are visible much closer to the horizon and there are so many that constellations can be difficult to see. Northen Light sometimes surprise you by own beauty.
Great Lakes - the largest surface of fresh water in the world.
Manitoulin Island - the largest fresh water island in the world. Home of the great native spirit Gitchi Manitou and is one of the oldest Indian habitations from 10,000 years old.
Niagara Escarpment is recognizd by United Nation as an ecologically important area in the world with unique natural features.
Flower Pot Island - Two flower pots (seastacks) were created by ancient sea waves pounding. They are covered by dense forest, glens, meadows, flowers and surrounded by crystal clear water.
Bruce Caves have some of the biggest limestone caves in Ontario. They were also washed out by waves of ancient sea and they are 20 meters above Georgian Bay.
Bruce trail is Ontario’s the most popular hiking trail
Falls over escarpment- Inglis Falls, Walters Falls, Indian Falls.
Other attractions are: Rural Gardens, Fish Hatchery, Buffalo Farms, First Nation People, Wiarton Willy, Sauble Beach, Sauble Falls, Provincial Park, Singing Sands, Light Houses, Spirit Rock, Mennonites, Kedy Farmers Market.
