Environment
Our deep connection to the bay is rooted in sparkling blue waters, granite shorelines, windswept pines and various other flora and fauna indigenous to our region. Our job is to sustain this connection for future generations through mindful stewardship of our natural environment.
Channel Cat
by Trudy Irvine, PaBIA's Education Committee This amazing photo above of a lynx (or bobcat?) was taken just west of Steamboat Channel last week. A family was out fishing just west of the narrows about 8 p.m. and noticed the cat 50 feet further to their west, swimming...
Stormy Weather…
by Trudy Irvine, PaBIA Education Committee Fine weather in Georgian Bay is always enjoyable, but most Pointe au Baril residents also thrill to the kind of storms that we had last Saturday night and Sunday morning. It is exciting to watch the rapid approach of slate...
Owls in the…Peacock Family?
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...
Baby Turtle Nests
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
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,...
What’s Up (and Down) with Our Water Levels?
by Janet Irving, PaBIA Education Committee In the summer of 2013, just seven years ago, we were alarmed by extreme low water levels in Pointe au Baril---forcing us to build new dock ramps, avoid shoals we never noticed before, and take long detours to our cottages...
UPDATE ON LAKE SUPERIOR OUTFLOWS AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS
Creating climate resilience while managing water levels
The goal of Georgian Bay Forever was to identify and assess a variety of engineered structural solutions, and determine the most effective and suitable configurations for the task of maintaining the water levels of Lake Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay within a...
Introduced Pine Sawfly IPS Update – Spring 2016
Full Report Here >
GBF Invasive Phragmites Workshops
The Bay’s Wetlands Need You! Toronto: Saturday April 16th, 2016 - 9.30 am to 2.30 pm Location: Mimico Centennial Library (Auditorium). Registration details below. Parking, accessibility and complete details here. OR Collingwood: Thursday April 21st, 2016 - 9.30...