| Just a couple hours north
of Winnipeg lies the Fisher Bay area, on the southwest
basin of Lake Winnipeg. The lands and waters that make
up Fisher Bay are a wonderfully wild place — a boreal
region of largely undisturbed mature forests and sandy
shorelines lining numerous inlets and islands. This land
is home to wildlife such as wolves and moose, foxes and
bears, and a huge variety of songbirds. Shallow beaches
and rocky reefs can be found throughout the waters of
the Bay, providing habitat for a myriad of fishes and
birds, many of which are endangered.
Every shoreline provides glimpses of the thriving biological
diversity Fisher Bay offers. Fresh tracks are left upon
the beach daily by wild animals passing in and out of
the woods. Shorebirds and waterbirds continually wing
by, traveling from nesting colonies to feeding grounds.
Deeper in the forest, bright patches of sunlight in small
clearings among the tall trees afford aspen and birch
saplings a chance to grow. In the shade of the dense old-growth
spruce and pine stands the plant life is more subdued,
with mushrooms and mosses reclaiming fallen old trees,
and young evergreens slowly reaching towards the canopy.
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