The Rural Voice, 1993-09, Page 51Rare orchids can be seen on Bruce
Peninsula trails.
support a forest of spruce, fir, cedars,
birch and aspens. Photographers are
especially attracted by a variety of
orchids among the wide variety of
wildflowers and ferns that grow in
the park.
For divers, local services and dive
boats make diving in the clear waters
to see the geological formations and
shipwrecks a pleasure. Marine
wildlife includes crayfish, sculpins,
pike, schools of perch and other fish.
For those who would like to see
some of the underwater sites without
getting wet, glass -bottom boats sail
from Tobermory.
There is also fishing for bass,
perch, salmon and trout throughout
the park.
The usual emphasis on the history
of European settlement seems
insignificant in this area with a 400 -
million year history. Arriving in the
1870s by boat, the early settlers
encountered poor soil, difficult
growing conditions and a barrier of
forest and swamp which separated
them from the rest of the Bruce
Peninsula. At first the settlement of
Collins Harbour (now Tobermory)
turned to timber for its main industry
but by the late 1880s large areas of
forest had been cleared on the
mainland and the industry had
declined.
Next came commercial fishing
with tons of marketable lake trout
being netted in the waters near
Tobermory in the mid -1900s. Today
a much smaller fishing industry
concentrates on whitefish and perch.
Today tourism is the main
industry in the area. Besides Fathom
Five, Tobermory is the southern port
for the ferry Chi-Cheemaun, running
to Manitoulin Island. 0
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