Flora and Fauna
The island has become the home of a breeding colony of double-crested cormorants. Their droppings have threatened the forest, a relict of Carolinian forest in southern Ontario. Unusual species on the island include the wild hyacinth and the Lake Erie water snake, Nerodia sipedon insularum.
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