Exploring Pelee Island

It’s been a while since we had some trip diaries. Here we have Rob exploring Pelee Island in Ontario, the southernmost inhabited point of Ontario. You can only get to the island via a ferry. It’s boasted as Canada’s best kept secret! As a point of reference it’s roughly 70km (43 miles for you Americans), as the crow flies, South South East of Detroit on Lake Eerie.

Getting to Pelee Island, you may check out:

Pelee Island Ferries

If you’re looking for some ideas of places to stay attraction points, you may want to check out:

East Park Campground: https://www.pelee.org/camp-eastpark/
- This is essentially the spot you’ll want to be to camp on Pelee Island
Pelee Island Winery Pavillion: https://www.peleeisland.com/
- Do you like wine too? Check out our Amateur Hour: Wine Tasting! In fact, we had a bottle from this very island.
Pelee Island Heritage Centre: https://peleeislandmuseum.ca/
- A phenomenal museum that shares the fascinating history of Pelee Island.
The Bakery – Pelee Island: http://theislandbakery.ca/
- The island’s finest gastro-fare, with smoked meat briskets, pulled pork sandwich, croissants, and home made pizza! Need I say more?!
Lighthouse Point Provincial Nature Reserve: https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/lighthousepoint
- It almost seems unnecessary to say, but being an island, you’ll encounter some light houses. All of them steeped in Canadian history!
Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve: https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/fishpoint
- You can actually walk to the southern-most point of the southern-most island of Canada. But don’t swim there, as the currents will easily swift you off to the United States! Unless… that’s… what you want!
Stone Road Alvar Nature Reserve: https://ontarionature.org/programs/nature-reserves/stone-road-alvar/
- An absolute stunning nature reserve, that’s family friendly and filled with rare plant species, animals, and 100 year old oak species!