PaBIA’s eBlast July 5, 2023

PaBIA’s eBlast July 5, 2023

Find us on Social Media Volume 15 No. 17 What a Difference a Week Makes! Last week, one could hardly see this same view! Thankfully this holiday weekend has been beautiful, sunny skies without the heavy smoke we experienced ten days ago. However, with very little...

PaBIA Private Navigation Markers

PaBIA Private Navigation Markers

Navigation Markers in the Pointe au Baril area are maintained both by the Canadian Coast Guard and by the Pointe au Baril Islanders' Association.  Most PaBIA markers will be identified as PRIV and they will have the PaBIA name and burgee on them.  PaBIA still...

Owls in the…Peacock Family?

by | Jul 15, 2020 | ,

by Trudy Irvine, Education Committee Barry Peacock and Elizabeth Anderson-Peacock and their grandchildren were able to take a few pages out of Farley Mowat’s Canadian classic Owls in the Family earlier this season by watching a nest of Great Horned Owl owlets on...

Boating Safety

Boating Safety

by | Jul 15, 2020 | ,

Pointe au Baril is a beautiful boater’s playground filled with inlets, coves, big open waters, islands and shoals to explore. We see a wide variety of boats on our waters including kayaks, canoes, sailboats, power boats, cruisers, speed boats and personal watercraft....

Baby Turtle Nests

by | Jun 24, 2020 |

Jane Wilkins shared these photos and comments: "There are always so many turtles in Leisure Bay's back bay and often we see them laying their eggs in the gravel around the docks.(The top photo shows a black hole is the nest the turtle digs, then lays her eggs and then...

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons

by | Jun 24, 2020 | ,

Squadrons of dragonflies have appeared in the skies of Georgian Bay. The sky in the lee of the closest cedars looks like the busiest airfield imaginable, with masses of them hovering, zigzagging, climbing and diving as they feed and mate on the wing. Like sharks,...