Journey The Bruce Peninsula: Past & Present

Journey The Bruce Peninsula Past & Present provides the reader with three travel routes on the Bruce Peninsula to arrive at Tobermory. Along each route there are stories, mostly of historical significance while others are simply meant to be entertaining, pertaining to various places along the route. There are great places to spend a day swimming, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, or just sitting in a quiet place enjoying a book or simply the natural surroundings. You will be introduced to hidden natural gems like one our favourites, Issac Lake, a great place to fish, paddle, or simply ponder about the natural beauty of the area. You will be guided to, and along, the Rankin Portage. Today you can drive the route that was once a canoe portage passageway for Indigenous and early European travellers, including French explorers and others including Paul Kane an painter of pioneer Canadiana, all of whom used the portage as quicker and safer route rather than the treacherous waters around the tip of the peninsula near Tobermory where countless shipwrecks rest on the bottom of the Georgian Bay/ Lake Huron gap. Another favourite visiting site is Ghost Lake, You will have to read the book to find more about the eerie location. This book is the result of several years of living and researching the history of the Bruce Peninsula. My earliest exposure to the peninsula was provided by my grandmother whose family were the first non-Indigenous residents of the peninsula. Later, after graduating from University I co-author ed a historical report about the marine history of the Bruce Peninsula for Parks Canada. I have written several hundred newspaper articles about the region. And, more recently, I completed a Masters thesis about the Impact of the Forest Products and Tourism Industries on the Bruce Peninsula. I know that you will enjoy not only travelling one, or all, of the routes in the book, but also reading about them as you tour the land of awesome sunrises and romantic sunsets. Enjoy Journey The Bruce Peninsula Past & Present.