Beckwith Island is the eastern of three islands in southeastern

Georgian Bay The Georgian Bay () is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To its northwest is t ...

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, Canada. Beckwith Island and the attached "Little Beckwith" are part of the

Beausoleil First Nation Beausoleil First Nation () is an Ojibwe First Nation band government located in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The main settlement of the Beausoleil First Nation is on Christian Island, Ontario, Canada in southern Georgian Bay. As of 2018, the t ...

Geography

The island's highest elevation is above sea level. Like its populated neighbour

Christian Island Christian Island is a large island in Georgian Bay close to the communities of Penetanguishene and Midland, Ontario. The island, with its neighbours Hope Island and Beckwith Island, is a Ojibwa reserve, known as Christian Island Indian Res ...

to the west, and

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to the northwest, the uninhabited island is part of an

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reserve. On the mainland,

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lies directly south of the island and Thunder Beach is located to the southeast of Beckwith Island.

Flora and fauna

The

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is an ecologically sensitive island of over 800 acres (324 ha), featuring sandy beaches and dunes, juniper bushes, as well as the rare and protected three-pronged awn grass, plus forests of oak, maple, birch and conifer trees and no development of any kind except for simple outhouses to serve boaters, campers and picnickers.

Accessibility

Beckwith Island is undeveloped, though there are two boat anchorage points. One on the north and another on the south side of the islands where the narrows of the two islands meet. Sandy beaches are at both anchorage points.

References

Uninhabited islands of Ontario Anishinaabe reserves in Ontario Islands of Georgian Bay {{Ontario-island-stub