Frank and Leslie Hilb of Goulais River, Ontario donated a 3.5 hectare / 9-acre property on Goulais Bay to the Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy for conservation and environmental education in memory of Frank’s father, Francis. The Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy was awarded a Great Lakes Guardian Fund Grant to assist with the preservation of the wetland. LSWC is working with students and teachers in the Algoma District School Board to build an educational Trail and Boardwalk through the Preserve to expand understanding and appreciation for this critical Great Lakes wetland. The Francis Hilb Preserve is a fen, a type of…

In 2011, the Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy purchased a 32 hectare/ 80-acre hardwood forest at the headwaters of Big Carp Creek in Prince Township west of Sault Ste Marie. The Dr. Fredrick van Nus Preserve abuts a Sault Ste Marie Regional Conservation Authority property, and, in 2017, the Saulteaux Voyageur Trail Association’s Walls Lake Loop trail will be expanded into the Preserve for hikers and snowshoers to enjoy the property year round. The property belonged to Dr. Fredrick van Nus. Alongside his profession as an ophthalmologist, he was a humanitarian, naturalist, conservationist and environmentalist. When he passed away, his family…