This is the web page for the Bayfield River Flats Natural Area.
The Bayfield River Flats is a property of the Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy (HTLTC) and the HTLTC permanently protects it.
Volunteers from the Bayfield River Valley Trail Association (BRVTA) manage the property at no cost to the public.
The Bayfield River Valley Trail Association led a fundraising campaign, in 2017, to purchase the Bayfield River Flats site. Community support was overwhelming, with donations of more than $70,000 to buy the property. The trail association manages the property and donated it to the land trust so the property will be preserved permanently.
This is also the web page for the 2023-2024 community fundraising initiative for a new pedestrian walkway which will make it possible for people to go from Bayfield to the nature area without driving … and without having to walk across the highway.
Help us connect the Bayfield and area community with nature.
Help make it possible, with your donation, to add a new pedestrian walkway to make it safer and easier for people to connect with nature at the Bayfield River Flats without having to drive or without having to walk across the highway.
Donations of $20 or more are eligible for a charitable gift receipt, for income tax purposes, from Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, on behalf of Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy.
There are easy ways to donate. Choose the way that works best for you:
Call us
To donate to the Bayfield River Flats Walkway, you may phone 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610.
Or, you may donate using any of the other easy ways listed below:
Donate by credit card or debit card
You may donate by credit card or debit card at the provided link or you can call our office at phone number above.
(If you click the link, there are options to ‘Donate with PayPal’ or to ‘Donate with Debit or Credit Card.’ If you would like to donate by credit card or debit card, please select the second option provided after you click the link).
Donate by cheque
You may mail a cheque to:
Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy, 71108 Morrison Line, RR 3, Exeter, ON N0M 1S5
Make cheque payable to: Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy
(Be sure to write, on the memo line of the cheque, that the donation is for the Bayfield River Flats Walkway).
You may also drop off a cheque at the office at 71108 Morrison Line.
Donate by e-Transfer
You may donate easily, to the Bayfield River Flats Walkway, by e-Transfer using the email address donations@abca.ca
Be sure to let us know, in the e-Transfer message box/field of the e-Transfer, that the donation is for the Bayfield River Flats Walkway.
If you would like to receive a charitable gift receipt for income tax purposes please be sure to include your mailing address and/or email address in the e-Transfer message box.
Donate in person
You are welcome to come into our office to donate by cash, debit, credit or cheque.
We are located at 71108 Morrison Line, two kilometres east of Exeter, just south of Highway 83.
You can also provide a cheque, to Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy, to one of the members of the fundraising team.
Donate by PayPal
You may also donate through PayPal at the link below.
(If you click the link, there are options to ‘Donate with PayPal’ or to ‘Donate with Debit or Credit Card.’ If you would like to donate by PayPal, please select the first option provided after you click the link).
However you choose to donate, we thank your for your support of your community.
It really makes a difference.
Construction of the walkway is to take place in the spring of 2024. The community has generously raised $65,000 towards this project. We only have $5,000 left to raise in order to pay for the $70,000 cost of the construction.
Join us on this walkway to the finish line of the Bayfield River Flats project.
PUBLIC NOTICE: Bayfield River Flats Natural Area to be closed from April 29 to June 15, 2024 for construction of pedestrian walkway
The Bayfield River Flats Natural Area is to be closed for public access between April 29, 2024 until June 15, 2024 while construction takes place of a pedestrian walkway.
A public notice will be issued when the nature area is reopened for public access.
Learn more about the project from these articles:
- Construction of pedestrian walkway to Bayfield River Flats Natural Area is to begin soon
- Your donation can help connect community and nature with new pedestrian walkway at Bayfield River Flats
- Fundraising evening on December 13 supports planned pedestrian walkway at Bayfield River Flats
- Project partners to acknowledge donors to Bayfield River Flats pedestrian walkway
- B. M. Ross and Associates Limited donates $5,000 and services to new pedestrian walkway
- New pedestrian walkway to Bayfield River Flats Natural Area would be walkway to local history
Learn more on the trail association and land trust websites:
Bayfield River Valley Trail Association
Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy