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Community Profile COMMUNITY PROFILE NBP Community Profile Page 1 of 24 April 2020 MUNICIPALITY OF NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Location……………………………………………...………………………………… 4 Land Area Data………………………………………………………………………. 4 Dark Sky Proclamation………………………………………………………….…… 4-5 History………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Commercial – Ferndale…………………………………………………………….… 5 Commercial – Lion’s Head…………………………………………………………… 5-6 Commercial Tobermory……………………………………………………………………………… 6 Human Resources Population Statistics…………………………………………………………………………….….. 6-7 Labour & Training & Business Start-up/Economic Development……….….. 7 Education Elementary School…………………………………………………………………….…………….. 7 Elementary/Secondary School…………………………………………………….…. 8 Day Care Centres………………………………………………………………….…… 8 Government Local Municipal Government………………………………………………………… 8 Tax Structure………………………………………………………………………..… 8 Tax Rates………………………………………………………………………………. 9 Upper Tier Government………………………………………………………………. 9 Law Enforcement…………………………………………………………………….… 9-10 Fire & Emergency Protection…………………………………………………………. 10 Housing and Building…………………………………………………………..…….. 10 Power and Utilities Garbage and Waste Removal…………………………………………………………. 10 Recycling……………………………………………………………………………...…. 10-11 Landfill Site Locations…………..…………………………………………………....... 11 Water and Sewer………………………………… …………………………………… 11 Electricity………………………………………………………………………………..... 11 Fuel Oil…………………………………………………………………………………… 11 Communication and Media Newspapers………………………………………………………………………………. 12 Television…………………………………………………………………………….…… 12 NBP Community Profile Page 2 of 24 April 2020 Radio…………………………………………………………………………………… 13 Telephone/Internet Provider………………………………………………………..… 13 Postal Services………………………………………………………………………… 13 Courier Services……………………………………………………………………..…. 13 Transportation Roads/Streets…………………………………………………………………………. 13 Highways……………………………………………………………………………..… 14 Tobermory Municipal Airport…………………………………………………….…… 14 Marina – Lion’s Head……………………………………………………………..…… 14 Marina – Tobermory……………………………………………………………………. 14 Community Facilities - Sports, Recreation and Leisure Lion’s Head Arena and Community Centre......………………………………..…... 15 Lion’s Head Beach Park……………………………………………….……………… 15 Ferndale Ball Diamond…………………………………………………………..…… 15 Tobermory Community Centre…………………………………………………….… 15 Tobermory Ball Diamond……………………………………………………………… 15 Stokes Bay Community Centre………………………………………………….…… 16 Golf Courses……………………………………………………………………………. 16 Library……………………………………………………………………………………. 16 Churches………………………………………………………………………………… 16-17 Cemeteries………………………………………………………………………………. 17 Attractions St. Margaret’s Chapel………………………………………………………………..... 17 Northern Bruce Peninsula and St. Edmunds Township Museum………………. 17-18 Chi-Cheemaun………………………………………………………………………... 18 Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada………………………………………… 18 Fathom Five National Marine Park……………………………………………..…… 18 Lighthouses…………………………………………………………………………..…. 18 Bruce Trail…………………………………………………………………………..……. 18-19 Accommodations………………………………………………………………………. 19 Professional Services Physicians……………………………………………………………………………….... 19 Dentists……………………………………………………………………………..…….. 19 Chiropractors…………………………………………………………………………….. 19 Veterinarians……………………………………………………………………..……… 19 Hospitals/Clinics…………………………………………………………………..……. 19-20 Financial Services………………………………………………………………………………...... 20 NBP Community Profile Page 3 of 24 April 2020 Community Organizations and Service Clubs Service Clubs…………………………………………………………………………..… 20 Organizations………………………………………………………………………….... 20-21 Special Annual Community Events………………………………………………… 21-22 NBP Community Profile Page 4 of 24 April 2020 MUNICIPALITY OF NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA GENERAL INFORMATION Location The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, amalgamated in 1999, is home to the communities of Lion’s Head and Tobermory, Dyer’s Bay, Miller Lake, Stokes Bay, Ferndale, Barrow Bay, Pike Bay and the Lindsay 20 communities. Contained within the municipality is the Fathom Five National Marine Park, Bruce Peninsula National Park, The Bruce Trail, Cabot Head and Lion’s Head Nature Reserves, two First Nations Hunting Reserves and a large Bruce County Forest Tract. The waters of both Georgian Bay and Lake Huron bless our shores. The peninsula is a paradise for swimming, hiking, biking, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, fishing, boating, golfing, rock climbing and diving, to name just a few. Approximate highway distances from Northern Bruce Peninsula to these major centres (kilometers/miles) Kitchener, Ontario 260/161 London, Ontario 310/192 Toronto, Ontario 300/186 Ottawa, Ontario 650/403 Detroit, Michigan 341/212 Buffalo, New York 345/214 Ontario’s Highway 6 directs travellers to the Bruce Peninsula while County Road 70, when traveled easterly, brings you to Owen Sound, and westerly, to Sauble Beach. To reach Lion’s Head, you must turn easterly on County Road 9. Land Area Data Northern Bruce Peninsula covers an area of 781.51 square kilometers (76,109 hectares/187,999 acres). Dark Sky Proclamation The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula proclaimed this community as a “Dark- Sky Community” on August 23, 2004. The International Dark-Sky Association (“IDA”) mission is to preserve and protect the night time environment and our heritage of dark skies through quality outdoor lighting and goals intended to stop the adverse effects of light pollution, raise awareness about light pollution, its adverse effects and its solutions NBP Community Profile Page 5 of 24 April 2020 and to educate about the values of quality outdoor lighting. A complete copy of the Municipality’s proclamation is available on our website or at the Municipal Office. In addition, the Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association has a dark sky lighting catalogue available on its website. History “The stiff breeze which troubled the first day of William Bull’s journey around the Bruce Peninsula in the summer of 1873 was a clear signal that his landmark survey wasn’t going to be easy.1 His was a voyage of assessment through an achingly beautiful landscape of rock and water.2 The Peninsula was never really a wilderness at all, with Indians living and traveling regularly through the area. The Hurons were the first to be noted in recorded history and later came the Ojibway. The Hurons originally called the Peninsula “Wendiaghy” which meant “island or peninsula cut off”. The Ojibway called it by their tribal name, “Saugink” or “Sauking”, hence the Saugeen Peninsula or Indian Peninsula, the names used by white men.3” Only the Lindsay and St. Edmunds history books for the former municipalities are available for sale. An ad hoc Committee has been formed to research and publish Volume 2 of the Hewers of the Forest Fishers of the Lakes – A History of St. Edmunds Township. 1. Benchmarks – The History of Eastnor Township 2. Proud People – The Lindsay Township History Book 3. Hewers of the Forest Fishers of the Lakes – The History of St. Edmunds Township 4. Flowers Pots and Parking Lots – The History of St. Edmunds (1984-2014) 1 Proud People, Page 1 2 Proud People, Page 1 3 The Bruce Beckons, Page 3 Commercial Ferndale—once referred to as “A Dale of Ferns” developed amid the expanses of bare rocks and fertile farmland. It is geographically located at the intersection of Highway 6 and County Road 9. Ferndale has hosted a wide variety of commercial business ventures such as food establishments, accommodation, gas bar and snack bars, and will continue do so on into the future. Many families have called the residential element of this hamlet home over the years. Lion’s Head—echoes the experiences that one would experience in a quaint Newfoundland village hugging the jagged cliffs over the Atlantic Ocean. Embrace the contrast between the stunning escarpment and the turquoise waters of Georgian Bay. Lion’s Head is a place to get away, relax and enjoy the meeting of blue and green under the shadow of the majestic escarpment. It may well be the unique, tranquil retreat that NBP Community Profile Page 6 of 24 April 2020 you have been longing for. The Municipal marina offers a summer home or weekend slips for most boats and yachts. You can stroll the harbour front promenade to the sand beach at the Lion’s Head Beach Park and just a short walk from there several restaurants, retail outlets offering groceries, clothing, souvenirs, hardware, art, collectibles, pharmacy needs and a full-service bank await you. Lion’s Head Provincial Nature Reserve, located near the community, is noted for its glacial features, especially potholes. Part of the Bruce Trail and Niagara Escarpment are within this Park. Tobermory—the nautical jewel at the tip of the Bruce. From the shipwrecks to the Grotto, Tobermory has astounding assets. Naturalists, photographers, hikers, cyclists, campers, boaters, divers simply call it paradise. It’s also home to the Chi Cheemaun, the southern terminus to Manitoulin Island. Tobermory may be considered a port of call not only for the Chi Cheemaun, but for the many tour boats, pleasure and personal crafts. It is the core area of the UNESCO Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve and home to Fathom Five National Marine Park. So many opportunities and adventures will unfold on your visit to Tobermory whether it be the great food establishments, comfortable accommodation, outdoor and underwater life, sight seeing, strolling the boardwalk or just relaxing, you have to come north! HUMAN RESOURCES Population Statistics Northern Bruce Population and dwelling counts Peninsula, MU Population
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