Horseshoe Bay

Horseshoe Bay is a bay in Ontario, Canada. Horseshoe Bay is situated nearby to the town Southampton, as well as near Port Elgin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chantry Island and Chantry Island Lighthouse.

Chantry Island

Islet

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Chantry Island is a small island in Lake Huron, south of the mouth of the Saugeen River and approximately a kilometre off the shores of the town of Southampton, Ontario.

Chantry Island Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Imasku, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Chantry Island Lighthouse, officially known as Chantry Island Lightstation Tower, is a lightstation on Chantry Island, off the coast of Southampton, Ontario, in Lake Huron.

Chantry Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Nature reserve

Photo: Muhammad Imran Saeed, CC BY 2.0.

Chantry Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saugeen Shores and Southampton.

Saugeen Shores

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Saugeen Shores is a town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. The town is popular with visitors because of its beaches on Lake Huron, and the availability of summer cottages.

Southampton is a community on the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. It is close to Port Elgin and is located at the mouth of the Saugeen River in the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory.

Port Elgin

Town

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Port Elgin is a community in the town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, Canada. Originally named Normanton the town was renamed Port Elgin when it was incorporated in 1874, after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, a former Governor General of the Province of Canada.

Horseshoe Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

44.47333° or 44° 28′ 24″ north

Longitude

-81.38965° or 81° 23′ 23″ west

Elevation

192 metres (630 feet)

Open location code

86PWFJF6+84

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1291064913

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

5977310

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