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The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, amalgamated in 1999, is home to the communities of Lion's Head and Tobermory, Dyers Bay, Miller Lake, Stokes Bay, Pike Bay, Ferndale and Barrow Bay to name a few. Contained with Municipal boundaries is the Bruce Peninsula National Park, Fathom Five National Marine Park, the Bruce Trail, Cabot Head and Lion's Head Nature Reserves, two First Nations Hunting Reserves and the Lindsay Forest Tract. The waters of both Georgian Bay and Lake Huron bless our shores. King's Highway 6 directs travellers to the Bruce Peninsula from southwestern Ontario centres. Northern Bruce Peninsula is celebrated as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve--an internationally designated protected area.

Dark Sky Community
NBP was proclaimed as a Dark Sky Community on August 23, 2004 with a mission to preserve and protect the night time environment and our heritage of dark skies through quality outdoor lighting and goals intended to stop the adverse effects of light pollution, raise awareness about light pollution and to educate about the values of quality outdoor lighting.
History

"The stiff breeze which troubled the first day of William Bull's journey around the Bruce Peninsula in the summer of 1873 was a clear signal that his landmark survey wasn't going to be easy.1 His was a voyage of assessment through an achingly beautiful landscape of rock and water.2 The Peninsula was never really a wilderness at all, with Indians living and travelling regularly through the area. The Hurons were the first to be noted in recorded history and later came the Ojibway. The Hurons originally called the Peninsula "Wendiaghy" which meant "island or peninsula cut off". The Ojibway called it by their tribal name, "Saugink" or "Sauking", hence the Saugeen Peninsula or Indian Peninsula, the names used by white men.3".

1 Proud People, Page 1

2 Proud People, Page 1

3 The Bruce Beckons, Page 3

History books

  • Benchmarks - The History of Eastnor Township
  • Proud People - The Lindsay Township History Book*
  • Hewers of the Forest Fishers of the Lakes - The History of St. Edmunds*
  • Flower Pots and Parking Lots - The History of St. Edmunds (1984-2014)*

NOTE: history books available for sale at the Municipal Office

Natural Environment
The Bruce Peninsula is the largest remaining intact natural habitat in southern Ontario with more than 19% of protected land and acts as an important flyway for migrating birds. The peninsula possesses diverse and unique ecosystems including globally rare alvar and cliff ecosystems, an extensive array of flora including 44 species of orchids, 50 species of ferns and several endemic species, the oldest trees in eastern North American, some over 1,000 years old plus a wide range of fauna including black bears, fishers, barred owls and massasauga rattle snakes.
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