Passport Stop #3

ADVENTURE STOP!

Giant lilies, the blue frog …A secret garden like ‘Alice in Wonderland’ in Red Bay!

The clue is at the entrance to the Garden.

While you are here:

Fun in the sun at Red Bay Beach

• Enjoy a summer swim or sunset.
• The shallow beach with soft sand is a great place to take children.
• Red Bay is known by wind surfers and small sail boats as one of the best places to sail in Canada!
• The Red Bay is one of the first places on Lake Huron where the water warms up.

Experience wildlife at Petrel Point Nature Reserve

• The Reserve is described as “a garden of wildflowers.”
• There is a wonderful sprinkling of pink, mauve, red, blue and yellow that fill the wetland throughout the season.
• It is a spectacular example of Great Lakes Coastal Meadow Marsh, a globally rare habitat.
• There are many distinct and rare communities of plants such as unusual wildflowers, Horned Bladderworts, Sundews and Pitcher Plants.
• Orchid lovers will find Showy Lady’s Slippers, Rose Pogonia, Grass-pink, Purple- fringed Orchids and Broad-leaved Twayblade scattered throughout.

Visit quiet picturesque Lion’s Head harbour

• Lion’s Head Harbour is one of the prettiest anywhere. The Marina has 30 transient ships and can accommodate boats up to 75 feet in length.
• The Lion’s Head Campground is nearby with a beautiful sand beach.
• A short walk from the Marina is the Lion’s Head Inn with its English pub and beach view patio.

Lion’s Head Events

• July 30 – August 2 2010: Bruce Peninsula Art Show
• August 20 – 22 2010: Lion’s Head Rotary Country Music Festival
• September 28 2010: “Forty Hills Fun”
• October 9 2010: Annual Pumpkin Toss