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.

A white wooden lighthouse with a black roof and a small attached shed, set against a snowy landscape with a clear blue sky.
View of a beach with waves washing ashore and trees in the background
A tall lighthouse with red and white horizontal stripes against a clear blue sky, surrounded by a fence, with trees and a body of water in the background.
A lighthouse with red and white stripes situated on a hill with trees, against a cloudy sky.
A tall white lighthouse with a red top, situated among green trees and bushes under a partly cloudy sky.