Singing Sands Fen

 Mrs. F.G. waited by our car to make sure it wouldn't suddenly be towed, so I didn't go far down the boardwalk, but it was enough to give me a good view over the fen.  These posts from our trip north are dragging on too long, so I'm just going to post every day for a few days and get finished.

There was a good information sign with a map to get me started.

Here's a close look at the map.  The narrow laneway I remembered is gone entirely, replaced mostly with this boardwalk.  It extends out in a bend letting you see the wetland and continues to the Jack Pine forest beyond the creek according to the map.  Notice the bilingual wording.

At this time of year, 8 feet off the ground, the fen looks anything but interesting, just dry, light brown vegetation.

But there were two information signs, helping visitors appreciate both the dunes and fen as habitats.  The one for the fen shows an illustration of the famous Pitcher Plants, the carnivorous plants of the fen.

But if you look closer you'll see the small reddish plants on the sand, just clusters of tiny 'pitchers' in what as now a dry habitat.  Tomorrow I'll share some pictures from the past showing a close-up.

To me it was a beautiful view across the fen, perhaps because I know what's out there, having explored it in the now distant past.  For a time in the '70s I was in charge of management here.

There was a wet pool right beside the boardwalk as I turned to head back.  Perhaps next year we'll get up just to visit Dorcas, and look around more thoroughly.