Nature & Discovery.
The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre stewards 3,000 acres of provincially significant Class 1 wetland on the Wye River, adjacent to Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. The Friends of Wye Marsh manage year-round boardwalks, an observation tower, and a resident trumpeter swan flock, with seasonal canoe rentals through summer and indoor and outdoor interpretive programming covering waterfowl, marsh birds, beaver, and turtles.
The brief.
The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre runs year-round but the strongest birding windows are the spring and fall migrations (April–May and August–October) and the resident trumpeter swans through the year. Admission is required at the Wildlife Centre; the trail and boardwalk network and the observation tower are accessed through the centre.
Severn Sound — Midland Bay, Penetang Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and Hog Bay — supports waterfowl staging at the south Georgian Bay shoreline; the Severn Sound Environmental Association reports state-of-the-bay data and water quality. In winter, the same Wye Marsh trail network grooms for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing — covered under those parent activities.
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Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
3,000 acres of provincially significant Class 1 wetland; resident trumpeter swan flock; observation tower; year-round trails and boardwalks; seasonal canoe rentals.
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Midland Bay / Severn Sound waterfowl staging
Spring and fall waterfowl staging across Midland Bay, Penetang Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and Hog Bay; loon nesting on inshore islands.
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