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NATURE RESERVES H.N. Crossley Nature Reserve Bruce Pond is a typical "eyed" bog, characterized by a moat-like zone of water around the outer edge; tree and shrub zones; an open sphagnum mat with pitcher plants, sundews and orchids; and open water in the middle. The setting for this is classic Canadian Shield with granite outcroppings and ridges shaping the elongated bog. The ground rises sharply away from the bog, except at the upper end where it drains into an area of mostly drowned larch and beaver meadows. An abandoned beaver lodge is becoming heavily overgrown and the beaver meadows themselves are probably now most suitable for moose. In 1981, Sandy Burgess donated 17hectares of wetland, called Bruce Pond, to Ontario Nature to protect its bog, prized flowers and animals that captivated her during her youth. The reserve was named in honour of Burgess's father, H.N. Crossley, who had purchased the family’s 400-hectare Sandy Bar farm on Lake Rosseau in 1890. Burgess, who passed away in 1987 in her 95th year, wrote of seeing the provincially rare white fringed orchid and round-leaved orchid on Beaver Pond. Another uncommon species found on the property is virginia meadow beauty, a plant generally found along the coastal plain of the Atlantic ocean south from Nova 214 King Street West, Suite 612, Toronto, ON M5H 3S6 T/ 416-444-8419 1-800-440-2366 F/ 416-444-9866 [email protected] www.ontarionature.org Charitable Registration #10737 8952 RR0001 Scotia. Plants of this affinity make their limited and peculiar appearances in Ontario in the Muskoka and Parry Sound regions. The Muskoka Field Naturalists are the official stewards of the H.N. Crossley Nature Reserve. Oastler Lake Provincial Park, Blackstone Harbour Provincial Park, and O'Donnell Point Provincial Nature Reserve are all nearby. How to get there Take Highway 632 south from the town of Rosseau. Approximately eight kilometres south of Rosseau, take a left onto Burgess Road. The reserve is located approximately three kilometres down this road, on the south (right) side just past Walkers Road on the left. A sign marking the reserve can be seen on the right (south) side of Burgess Road. A trail into the reserve begins just east of the open wetland area (which can be seen from the road) and leads to an observation platform that gives you a fantastic view of the reserve. 214 King Street West, Suite 612, Toronto, ON M5H 3S6 T/ 416-444-8419 1-800-440-2366 F/ 416-444-9866 [email protected] www.ontarionature.org Charitable Registration #10737 8952 RR0001