Blogs from Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario, Canada, North America

Aug.28, 2013 We were hesitant at the beginning of this trip to even include Niagara Falls in our stops, but, we decided that we are probably the only two old people in the USA that haven't been there so here we are. We parked at the Casino as suggested by Trip Advisor and it was an easy walk to the Niagara Parkway and the beautiful Queen Victoria Park. The early bird doesn't always get the worm...we were the first ones to arrive at Table Rock overlook and had the place to ourselves. That was nice, but the morning was still overcast and our photos show a gloomy falls. When we drove by a couple of hours later, the sun was shining on the falls but the viewing areas were packed with people. Guess it was nice ... read more

Arabia Wreck-Fathom Five Marine Park, Tobermory Ontario This Blog is just a rough text blog, to see photos please check out my main blog at http://scubasteve-ultimatedives.blogspot.com/ At the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula that extends like a long crooked finger to form a natural divide between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay you will find the quaint town of Tobermory. Tobermory is a sleepy little village of just over 600 permanent residents all winter long but when the snow melts that population explodes as divers make the pilgrimage north to explore Canada’s first underwater national park Fathom Five National Marine Park was created in 1987, for the 15 years prior to that it was designated a Provincial Underwater Park This underwater playground houses 22 ship wrecks like the famous Arabia, the intentionally scuttled Niagara II and ... read more

Gust O'Wind is loaded onto an Andrews truck and is on her way to Deltaville Virginia. October 14th 2008... read more

2nd July 2008 Up early this morning to catch the 9am boat from Tobermory to Flowerpot Island on the glass bottom Blue Heron boat. Amy and I had already done exercises on the deck as the sun came up. After egg bread for breakfast we set off and caught the boat despite Amy's delaying tactics. The boat goes out of the small harbour and into the big harbour where there are two sunken wrecks, which you can see through the glass, bottomed boat. These lakes are so large that you cannot see the other side, and they look like a sea because as far as you can see on the horizon it is just water. There are no tides of course but you can get large waves. Then we carried on to Flowerpot Island, which is ... read more

This very well could be the end of the earth. What was expected to be a four hour drive took nearly seven and by the time we arrived at Bruce Peninsula National Park we weren’t thinking about the geologic significance, the new ecological zone we’d entered or about how we were going to set up for our first night camping. All we were concerned with was standing up. It’s not that the drive along Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment wasn’t scenic, it was just so long and speed limits in Canada are relatively slow compared with what we drive in the states (80km/hr is the equivalent of 50mph!). The Niagara Escarpment runs from Rochester, NY northward through Ontario and up along the Bruce Peninsula. In 1990, UNESCO named the Niagara Escarpment a World Biosphere Reserve, internationally recognizing it ... read more