Location
Key Information
| 4 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 9.86 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
Regulations: Government of Canada
Boundary: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (Unmodified)
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July 2023
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Purpose
To provide protection for both diving ducks (ducks that dive below the surface of the water to feed) and marsh ducks such as American black duck, scaups, common merganser and red-breasted merganser. This sanctuary was established in 1951 in order to protect migratory birds from the extensive hunting that was taking place in the area at that time.
Species of Concern: American black duck, scaups, common merganser, red-breasted merganser
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
Unless a permit has been issued by the Minister of the Environment authorizing such activity, the Regulations prohibit the following activities in a Migratory Bird Sanctuary:
1. No person shall hunt migratory birds;
2. No person shall disturb, destroy or take the nests of migratory birds;
3. No person shall have in their possession a live migratory bird, or a carcass, skin, nest or egg of a migratory bird (a resident of a Migratory Bird Sanctuary may have in their possession migratory birds lawfully killed outside a Migratory Bird Sanctuary);
4. No person shall have in their possession in a Migratory Bird Sanctuary any firearm; or any hunting appliance except as otherwise provided in these Regulations (does not apply to residents of a Migratory Bird Sanctuary);
5. No person shall permit a dog or cat to run at large in a Migratory Bird Sanctuary;
6. No person shall carry on any activity that is harmful to migratory birds or the eggs, nests or habitat of migratory birds, except under the authority of a permit for those Migratory Bird Sanctuaries on provincial, territorial and federal lands.
Allowed
Although entry and access to most sanctuaries is not restricted, human activities are controlled as per the Migratory Birds Convention Act and Migratory Birds Sanctuary Regulations. The Regulations outline specific prohibited and permitted activities in Migratory Bird Sanctuaries.