Development of an Inventory of Coastal Wetlands for Eastern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
Table 3
Number and areal coverage of low-marsh, high-marsh, and upstream wetlands for each of the 37 quaternary watersheds along eastern and northern Georgian Bay (see location of each in Figure 5).
Watershed name
Number of low-marsh units
Area of low marsh (ha)
Number of high-marsh units
Area of high marsh (ha)
Number of upstream wetlands
Area of upstream wetlands (ha)
Beausoleil-Severn Islands
303
484.7
492
254.2
3
7.5
Beaverstone River
44
139.6
103
116.7
50
247.4
Bedford-Rous Islands
14
5.6
15
2.4
0
0.0
Coldwater River
49
796.7
100
334.4
0
0.0
Eastern Coast Islands
629
631.5
1035
403.5
169
353.1
French River*
413
164.4
554
175.1
260
462.7
Giants Tomb*
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Giroux River
66
77.4
92
97.9
70
121.2
Great La Cloche Island
14
25.5
16
2.9
106
365.8
Henvey Inlet-Key River
77
108.2
134
95.5
183
594.8
Killarney
194
314.0
239
174.3
162
430.1
Killarney Islands
280
143.4
224
56.5
20
33.8
La Cloche
25
63.2
34
25.0
23
44.2
La Cloche Islands
10
3.0
24
9.7
0
0.0
MacGregor-Sampson Islands
81
72.4
162
91.9
23
186.4
Magnetawan-Naiscoot Rivers
27
60.8
49
83.5
167
347.7
Moon-Musquash Islands
426
293.3
620
135.9
42
161.9
Moon-Musquash Rivers
271
420.6
487
268.1
159
1707.6
Muskoka Lakes
0
0.0
0
0.0
6
7.4
Naiscoot Lake
0
0.0
0
0.0
9
5.5
North River
6
0.9
25
96.4
0
0.0
Outer French-Pickerel Islands*
359
125.4
343
80.0
46
51.8
Parry Island
83
108.1
126
67.7
40
410.7
Parry Sound
64
104.9
70
97.6
114
275.8
Philip Edward Island
125
169.7
150
65.4
92
198.0
Pickerel River
235
132.7
257
80.7
170
180.4
Pointe au Baril
105
126.3
193
109.2
270
708.5
Sandy Bay
29
41.8
52
20.8
39
254.0
Seguin River
1
4.4
9
2.6
17
34.2
Severn River
131
447.3
249
223.4
43
303.0
Shawanaga River
39
60.5
57
29.3
109
271.1
Shebeshekong River
42
200.5
96
95.1
137
585.0
Spider Lake
78
75.7
162
45.1
40
177.1
Still River
7
0.8
2
0.3
5
37.1
Strawberry-Heywood Islands
1
0.1
1
0.0
10
72.7
Sturgeon River
6
100.6
13
34.6
0
0.0
Whitefish River
410
256.9
677
231.5
75
352.8
*Indicates incomplete wetland identification due to incomplete imagery coverage within the coastal zone.
