Why it's Worth Protecting?

Cultural and Heritage of the area

  1. Aboriginal, Mongolian, Palaeolithic history

  2. Empire Loyalists Pioneers

  3. Canadian shipping history

  4. Shipwrecks---French, English, American---some of these are Military

  5. Heritage Lighthouses 

  6. Marysburgh Triangle --- magnetic anomaly (the Bermuda Triangle of PEC)

  7. Rum Running, Barley Days

  8. Canneries supplying most of Canada

 

Natural Features of the area

  1. Great Lake Alvar

  2. Major Migratory Route

  3. International Monarch Butterfly Reserve

  4. Globally Significant IBA

  5. Environmentally Protected Wetlands

  6. Limestone Cliffs

  7. Naturally occurring “paving stone”

  8. Pebble beaches

  9. 27 km undeveloped Lake Ontario shoreline

  10. Species at Risk

 

Potential Acquisitions

 Historic Lighthouses declared surplus by Fisheries & Oceans. These included: Swetman, Main Duck and Point Petre.The Point Traverse Lighthouse and Main Duck Island are a part of Thousand Islands National Park.