The Barney Lake Nature Reserve was built over several years. The first 300-acre parcel was acquired in 2002. It is adjacent to Cape Hurd Road, and as the name suggests, includes most of Barney Lake. In 2006, a further 50 acres were acquired from the Meyer Family. This property was not adjacent to the existing nature reserve. In 2012, EBC acquired a 45-acre parcel which was
Barney Lake Nature Reserve Trailhead
contiguous to the initial 300-acre reserve. This new parcel included alvar, wetland and dense forest. Finally, in 2015, we acquired the Hobson Nature Reserve with the significant contributions from Emily Hobson and our donors as well as support from the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada. This parcel brought all of our parcels together in one contiguous piece protecting land from the Lake Huron shoreline all the way to Barney Lake. This funding also helped us develop a new trail on the property which leads you through alvar, wetlands and ultimately to the Lake Huron shoreline.
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Region(s): Bruce CountyNearby towns and cities: Tobermory
Trail feature tags: alvar
BARNEY LAKE NATURE RESERVE TRAIL characteristics
Length: approximately 4 km.Difficulty: Moderate (Trail classifications)
Trail surface: Natural and Rock
Trail use: Hiking
Accessibility Notes: none
Fees: none
Flora & Fauna:
Not yet reported.
Amenities: None reported
Attractions: alvar
Contact:
rbarnett@escarpment.ca
www.escarpment.ca 1-888-815-9575
Find it: This property can be accessed by following Cape Hurd Road. Starting from Highway 6 follow Cape Hurd Road west. About 100 yards before the road veers north, pull to the south side of the road and park here. You can walk to the lake and enjoy the scenery!
GPS Coordinates (main trailhead):
Latitude: 45.2138800
Longitude: -81.6775070
Sweet walk in the woods ending in a lovely shoreline view. Saw cardinal flower and smaller fringed gentian.
Me and my family walked this trail, it was beautiful and the water was just gorgeous. But my one complaint was that it wasn’t nearly 4 kilometers. If you want to do a 4 kilometer walk, go somewhere else. But otherwise it was beautiful.
I believe there are two trails. One trail goes to Barney Lake, which is quite short, but nice. The other is much longer which follows the north west side of Barney Lake and leads to Lake Huron.