Fathom Five National Marine Park
Destinations
What you will see from the water
Fathom Five National Marine Park, Parks Canada's first marine protected area, reaches out from the Bruce Peninsula around Tobermory. It protects historic lighthouses, the flowerpots of Flowerpot Island and 22 shipwrecks.
Our guided jet ski tours ride out to Big Tub and Cove Island lighthouses, Flowerpot Island and the Grotto. Our kayaks reach the Big Tub shipwrecks and lighthouse in a short paddle from our dock.
- Kayak or paddleboard from our dock
- Guided jet ski tour (routes change with the weather)
Lighthouse
Big Tub and Cove Island lighthouses
Big Tub Lighthouse was built in 1885. Paddle out from our dock for a view of it, or see it on our guided jet ski tour.
Cove Island Lighthouse, built in 1858, is the oldest of the area's three historic light stations. You'll see it on our guided jet ski tour.
Shoreline
Flowerpot Island and the Grotto
On Flowerpot Island, the famous flowerpot rock formations stand beside dolomite cliffs 420 million years old.
The Grotto is a natural cave near Indian Head Cove, in Bruce Peninsula National Park.
You'll see both from the water on our guided jet ski tour.
Shipwrecks
The wrecks of Big Tub Harbour
Our dock sits right next to the Tugs, the wreckage of four small steam tugs.
A short, picturesque paddle away in Big Tub Harbour lies the Sweepstakes, one of the most popular wrecks in the park: a two-masted schooner that sank there in September 1885. The City of Grand Rapids, a passenger steamer, burned and sank in October 1907 and now rests in shallow water about 30 metres from the Sweepstakes.
The wrecks are protected within Fathom Five National Marine Park.
