The 7th Annual Explore the Bruce Adventure Passport. To date over 35,000 people have used the Adventure Passport to get out there and Explore Bruce County, Ontario Canada by car, motorcycle, and bicycle and on foot.
This instant trip plan has everything you need to create lifelong memories with your family and friends while visiting Southern Ontario's Bruce County. This year’s passport includes 12 Adventure Passport Stops. Please read each stop carefully and don’t be afraid to park your vehicle and run, walk or bike to find the punch.
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designated motorcycle stops to guide you along some of the • Scuba dive or snorkel the shipwrecks
best roads we’ve got! • Take a jet boat tour to Flowerpot Island
Visit passport.explorethebruce.com and download a copy • Enjoy Singing Sands at Dorcas Bay
of the tour.
2. Passport Stop #5
Passport Stop #3 ADVENTURE STOP! D Passport Stop #7
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Downtown , Chesley
GPS: N 44 44.603 W 081 8.087
GPS: N 44 17.858 W 081 5.717
GPS: N 44 52.169 W 081 19.31 Say Hi to Willie by the beautiful ‘blue water.’
Welcome to Downtown Chesley. Check out the new shops, restaurants
Giant lilies, the blue frog …A secret garden like ‘Alice in The clue is located in the parking area.
and the Woodworking Museum.
Wonderland’ in Red Bay!
While you are here:
The box is located at the Woodworking Museum.
• Check out the Bruce
The clue is at the entrance to the Garden.
Caves Conservation Area While you are here:
While you are here: • Try tasty treats at • Take a photo with Big Bruce
• Fun in the sun at Black Creek Provincial Park Northern Confections • Visit County Line Caboose to see model trains and taste ice cream –
• Experience wildlife at Petrel Point • Climb on the spiral weekends only
Nature Reserve staircase at Spirit Rock • Indulge at the ‘Bread and Water’ restaurant in downtown Chesley
• Visit quiet picturesque Lion’s
Head harbour
Passport Stop #8
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Passport Stop #4 Passport Stop #6 GPS: N 44 15.983 W 081 8.85
ADVENTURE STOP! Woodland Trail, Port Elgin It began as a log church and later turned into a red-brick
(approx 1 hr) D beauty. Today, the property is a unique, rustic tribute to the
GPS: N 44 44.678 W 081 13.203 ‘Ferguson Settlement.’
GPS: N 44 27.749 W 081 23.252
Head to a place where 2 rivers meet and connect 3 inland lakes The clue is located on the side of the road.
on the Bruce Peninsula. Once an Aboriginal portage between Lake Enjoy a taste of the outdoors with your family at
Huron and Georgian Bay, it is now widely used by recreational the Woodland Trail. Begin your hike at the parking area While you are here:
enthusiasts for canoeing, kayaking and fishing. located on the south side of Concession 10. • Bring your mountain bikes and hit up the Brant Tract trails
• Cool down at Chesley’s splash pad
The clue is located in the parking area. • Shop downtown Walkerton
The box is located at the bridge beside the boat launch.
While you are here:
While you are here:
• Check out the awesome playground at Jubilee Park
• Surf the GIANT sand dunes
• Visit Southampton Art School & Gallery
• Cast your line and fish for some bass and pike
• Explore the Bruce County Museum
• Frolic in the rapids at Sauble Falls Provincial
& Cultural Centre
Park
3. Passport Bonus Stop
Find any radio station cruiser or the Walkerton Toyota Explore the
Bruce Adventure Tundra and receive 1 bonus punch that counts
Passport Stop #9 towards the required 7 that you need to qualify.
Carrick Wines and Ciders, Mildmay
GPS: GPS: N 44 5.588 W 081 8.708
Passport Stop #11 Meet the Adventurers!
Surrounded by rolling hills, the Otter Creek, and rich soils, Carrick Since there are so many people who dedicate time
Wines is the FIRST winery and cider operation in Bruce County.
Kinloss Farm Fresh Produce. Lucknow to the Passport and have wicked stories about their
GPS: N 44 0.599 W 081 31.837 adventures Exploring the Bruce, we have create
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The box is located at the farm house. perfect place to share. Passport.explorethebruce.co
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Buy Local! Buy Fresh! From peas, jam, and cut flowers to corn, peppers, now has a Meet the Adventurers section where
While you are here: you can
and rhubarb, Kinloss Farm Fresh Produce has sweet and delicious fare. login to upload photos, videos, and tell stories.
• Catch a show at Victoria Jubilee Hall in Walkerton Points
Come and enjoy. Please respect their day of rest on Sunday. are awarded for each stop completed, photo and
• Taste Ontario’s best butter tarts at Harley’s Pub and Perk video
uploaded and stories told. The family with the most
in Mildmay The box is located at the farm gate. points at the end of the season will receive a $300
• Visit Neustadt Springs Brewery for some 10W30
While you are here: shopping spree from Beachin’ and Jack n’ Jills.
• Stop in Holyrood for a HUGE ice cream cone, you won’t be
passport.explorethebruce.com
disappointed!
• Golf Black Horse Golf & Country Resort
• Visit the local artisans in downtown Ripley
THANKS
Passport Stop #12
to all our Sponsors
101.7 the One Earth Bound Gardens PLAY Bruce Grey
Waterworks Park, Lucknow D 95.5 My FM Harley’s Pub & Perk Port Elgin Super 8
GPS: N 43 57.527 W 081 30.700 98 the Beach Island View B&B Saugeen Conservation
Passport Stop #10 This green space is the site of the original 1890 waterworks building
Beachin’ & Jack n’ Jills
Blue Heron Company
Lion’s Head Beach Motel
Martin’s Bike Shop
Soul Attire + Gifts
South Bruce Flooring
Lime Kiln, Inverhuron and pump station. This steam powered pump required man power Bread & Water Restaurant McDonald’s Restaurants Tennyson’s Yamaha
24/7 to fight potential fires. Bruce County Museum & Mix 106 Thorncrest Outfitters
GPS: N 44 17.003 W 081 35.672
Cultural Centre Northern Dunes Golf Club Truckers Toy Store
Used for over half a century, this feature burned limestone for two days The clue is located in the parking area. By the Bay General Store Ontario Parks Walkerton Toyota
and nights. Once it cooled, it was sold by the bushel and used in many of While you are here: Chantry Breezes B&B Ontario Power Generation Wiarton Inn
the nearby foundations along this lakeshore. • Armstrong’s Bakery… yummy Parks Canada
• Visit local hero Paul Henderson’s mural on Ross Street
The box is located at the historic Lime Kiln. • Take your picture with Donald Dinnie.
While you are here: • Check out cool wears at Nine Waves.
• Pack a picnic for lunch at Inverhuron Provincial Park
• Learn about nuclear energy and wind turbines
at the Bruce Power Visitor Centre
e • Shop at Kincardine’s Lakeside Downtown
4. #1 Burnt Point Loop, Bruce Trail –Tobermory D Passport Bonus Stop
Find any radio station cruiser or the Walkerton Toyota Explore the
Bruce Adventure Tundra and receive 1 bonus punch that counts
#2 ADVENTURE STOP! D
towards the required 7 that you need to qualify.
#3 ADVENTURE STOP! D
Meet the Adventurers!
Since there are so many people who dedicate time
#4 ADVENTURE STOP! to the Passport and have wicked stories about their
adventures Exploring the Bruce, we have create
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perfect place to share. Passport.explorethebruce.co
#5 ADVENTURE STOP! D now has a Meet the Adventurers section where
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Points
are awarded for each stop completed, photo and
#6 Woodland Trail, Port Elgin D video
uploaded and stories told. The family with the most
points at the end of the season will receive a $300
#7 Downtown, Chesley shopping spree from Beachin’ and Jack n’ Jills.
passport.explorethebruce.com
#8 ADVENTURE STOP!
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THANKS
Carrick Wines and Ciders, Mildmay
to all our Sponsors
# 10 Lime Kiln, Inverhuron 101.7 the One
95.5 My FM
Earth Bound Gardens
Harley’s Pub & Perk
PLAY Bruce Grey
Port Elgin Super 8
98 the Beach Island View B&B Saugeen Conservation
# 11 Kinloss Farm Fresh Produce, Lucknow ng
Beachin’ & Jack n’ Jills Lion’s Head Beach Motel Soul Attire + Gifts
Blue Heron Company Martin’s Bike Shop South Bruce Flooring
Bread & Water Restaurant McDonald’s Restaurants Tennyson’s Yamaha
# 12 Waterworks Park, Lucknow D Bruce County Museum & Mix 106 Thorncrest Outfitters
Cultural Centre Northern Dunes Golf Club Truckers Toy Store
By the Bay General Store Ontario Parks Walkerton Toyota
Passport Bonus Punch Chantry Breezes B&B Ontario Power Generation Wiarton Inn
Find the Walkerton Toyota Explore the
Bruce Adventure Parks Canada
Tundra for a free punch, tons of instant
prizes, and a
chance to find the $2,000 South Bruc
e Flooring specially
marked walking stick.
Motorcycle info Motorcycle info (must
CHECK BOX
show motorcycle license to collect prize
) I completed the
7 motorcycle stops on my motorcycle.
Qualify me for the
motorcycle prize.