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New Protected Land at Baptist Harbour Fills Key Environmental Protection Gap on Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula

Nearly 20 hectares of shoreline and rare habitat at Baptist Harbour have been protected, as Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has closed a key gap in the peninsula’s conservation network.

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Miranda Miller
Mar 31, 2026
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Baptist Harbour (2025), Ontario. Photocredit: Jacob Kloeze

A stretch of shoreline at Baptist Harbour on the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula has been secured for conservation, closing what the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) describes as a key gap in an existing network of protected lands.

NCC announced March 31 that it has secured nearly 20 hectares of land …

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