Cape Croker, Ontario

This shot was taken from very high up on the bluffs. There was only a very thin piece of wire between me and going over. It did make me a bit dizzy for a moment.

The Ojibway of the Bruce Peninsula originally occupied some two million acres in southern Ontario, including the whole Peninsula at one point in time. The Ojibway history states that the land was given to the Ojibway people and indeed, the old stories handed down from generation to generation contain many details of this. There are two First Nations in the Bruce now ― the Chippewas of Nawash, on whose reserve is the Cape Croker Park, and the Chippewas of Saugeen, whose reserve is on the shore of Lake Huron near Southampton.

Cape Croker and its park are an integral part of the Niagara Escarpment, an important limestone formation that runs from the Niagara Peninsula in the south to Manitoulin Island in the north. In 1990, it became the sixth area to be designated a World Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations. Now there are some 300 such reserves in the world. The Escarpment is the last refuge in southern Ontario for many unique flora and fauna. Neyaashiinigmiing the native name for Cape Croker, is no exception. Close by the Park you will find alvars, a kind of prairie distinguished by a thin veneer of plant cover over a limestone base. On the limestone bluffs that surround the Park are some of the oldest living trees in eastern North America. Only centimeters around, they are, nevertheless, centuries old. A huge and ancient underwater forest lies in the waters around Cape Croker.

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