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My grandfather, Bing Young, built Lake of the Clouds in 1965. He worked in construction all his life. Castle Glen hired him as the caretaker. He plowed all the roads, took care of all the buildings, and he also built the lake. He did that until he retired around the year 2000. He lived across…
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VROOM. This is…VROOM…what biking…VROOM…on Grey Road 19…VROOM…might sound like…VROOM…if the proposed Castle Glen Resort Community gets built. Grey Road 19 is one gem of a cycling route. Grey County proudly promotes this road, the former site of the Sea Otter Canada and Blue Mountains Gran Fondo rides, on its Cycling Routes roadmap. Grey Road 19…
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The last significant coastal wetland in our region is under threat – and we need your help to stop it. Lake of the Clouds in Castle Glen is the source of Silver Creek which flows down the Escarpment, through forest and field before coming to rest in the Silver Creek Wetland and then entering Georgian…
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First Nations have created a strong conservation economy in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, one of the largest intact old-growth temperate rainforests left in the world. The conservation economy has been developed through sound investments in sustainable development and environmental stewardship projects that link the health of nature to the wellbeing of the 27 coastal First…
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The ECA is excited for our next Speaker’s Series event on April 26 at 7 PM on Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83499384981)! We’re delighted that Beth Gilhespy will be leading us on ‘A Geological Amble on the Niagara Escarpment’. For this presentation, Beth will be drawing on her immense experience in a wide variety of nature and environment-focused…
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The woody valleys of the Blue Mountains, from Craigleith to Duntroon, were occupied historically by the several Iroquoian nations that were collectively nicknamed “Petun” by the French, meaning Tobacco, or because they were known for their usage of tobacco, or petún, more so than their cultivation of it. The people called themselves the Tionontati, meaning…
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Tucked between the gentle slopes of a long-vanished glacial landscape and the Niagara Escarpment is an oasis of peace and tranquillity – the Hibou Conservation Area. Here’s a place where nature and magic meet upon the forest floor of yesteryear, created at a time that my imagination can wander to with every step that I…
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Annette Sandberg grew up on the Niagara Escarpment on a farm between Castle Glen and the Scenic Caves, and she now resides in Collingwood. Her love for the area developed as a child and it has driven her to research and document our local history, focusing primarily from the time of the Petun to the early…
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I know I am blessed to live here. The beauty of the hills, the quiet peace of the woods, and the cool lapping of the bay on a hot summer day. I’m proud and inspired by my community – but also feel a deep sense of responsibility. The natural beauty forests and trails must be…
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Why are natural corridors so important? The Escarpment Corridor Alliance has incorporated the word ‘Corridor’ for a very specific reason; research is increasingly supporting the needed for ecologically connected networks is critical to the conservation of biological diversity, which provides irreplaceable functions and services, such as the provision of freshwater, food, climate regulation and pollination, just to name a few.…
