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A DRIVING TOUR
BRUCE PENINSULA

Distance 62 miles (100 km) Departure point The route
follows Route 9 and Hwy 6. It can be reached from Owen
EXPERIENCE Ontario The Bruce Peninsula divides the main body of Lake Huron from ONTARIO
Sound in the south, or Tobermory in the north
Stopping-off point Stokes Bay
Georgian Bay and also contains some of the area’s most scenic
terrain. Bruce Peninsula National Park lies along the eastern
shore and boasts craggy headlands and limestone cliffs with
Bruce
several hiking paths. Beyond the port of Tobermory, at the
peninsula’s tip, Fathom Five Marine National Park, comprises
19 uninhabited islands. The park is popular with divers because Peninsula
of its clear waters and amazing rock formations. Locator Map
For more detail see p202
Off the northern tip of the peninsula,
the boundaries of Fathom Five
Marine Park enclose an area around
19 islands. Divers are drawn here by
the clear, calm waters and shipwrecks. The only island in Fathom Five
Marine Park with basic facilities,
Fathon Five Flowerpot Island is noted
Marine Park for the rock columns that dot
Flowerpot the coastline.
Island The Cabot Head Lighthouse
FINISH
Tobermory and keeper’s house can be
Cabot reached via the scenic coast
Bruce Head road from the village of
Peninsula Dyer’s Bay.
National Park
Dyer’s Bay The rugged cliffs of the
Bruce Peninsula National
Britain Park are part of the Niagara
Lake
Escarpment, a limestone
Miller Lake Otter ridge that stretches across
Miller Lake southern Ontario and along
Lake
the peninsula.
At the northern tip
of the peninsula,
Tobermory, a small
fishing village, is a Stokes Bay Lion’s Head
hub for tourist
acitivities in the Barrow Bay
area. Ferries to
Flowerpot Island Hay
leave from here. Hope Bay Island
The hamlet of Stokes Bay, Pike Bay
with its sandy beaches and White Griffith
Cloud
good fishing, is typical of the Island Island
villages here. It is close to the Berford
peninsula’s main sights. Lake
Colpoy’s Bay
Begin the drive at Wiarton, a Spry
bustling small town with many parks. Lake Wiarton
Boat
Lake START
0 kilometers 10 N
0 miles 10
Sauble Beach Hepworth
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