What's in your backyard?

Luremaker · Feb 2, 2008

The other day my son emails me a web page link that blew me away. It's a photo gallery create by a young American couple who vacationed for a weekend last May just up the road from where I live. I have lived here most of my life and raised my family here. I have always loved the beaches, the hiking trails, the water etc. but their photos bring out the real beauty of the local landscape/seascape. Looking at the photos is like an awakening. I see theses views all the time but never seem to give them a second thought. Thanks to this young couple I will drive more slowly Monday and enjoy the drive much more.

Tobermory, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario: Photos & Trip Report

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bones1 · Feb 2, 2008

I will keep this link.Some of the best photos i've seen in a while.

RobS · Feb 2, 2008

Hey, I've been there, but in the winter. Did some rock climbing. I guess it's a mecca for scuba divers as there are all sorts of shipwrecks under that cold water. Bruce Penninsula is also where I learned that the Niagara Escarpment is a sinle geological formation that runs from Niagara Falls, through the Bruce Penninsula and over to Door County Wisconsin. Look at a map, it's pretty amazing.

JB4310 · Feb 2, 2008

Wow that water is beautiful, does it ever warm up enough to swim in with out a dry suit?

Luremaker · Feb 2, 2008

JB4310 said:
Wow that water is beautiful, does it ever warm up enough to swim in with out a dry suit?

On the Lake Huron side the water is often warm enough to swim by mid June. It depends on the winds. On-shore winds will quickly warm the water and off-shore winds will cool the water.

Now on the Georgian Bay side I have swam as early as mid June but that is unusual. By mid July the surface water is usually in the 60-65 degree F range. The water warms even more in August.

Wayne County Hose · Feb 2, 2008

If not for the trees, I would have guessed somewhere in the tropics. I've been to the Georgian Bay fishing a few times. What a beautiful area.
If you go to Bruce Peninsula - Your Guide to the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario., that it identical to a picture they have on the website. Must be pretty popular.