Nottawasaga Bay

Rocky shore on Nottawasaga Bay near Lafontaine.

Nottawasaga Bay is a bay of Lake Huron in Southern Ontario, Canada at the southernmost end of Georgian Bay. The communities located on Nottawasaga Bay are Meaford, The Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach and Tiny.

The western shore of Nottawasaga Bay is determined by the Niagara Escarpment, which reaches Nottawasaga Bay between Collingwood and Thornbury. The southern shore is flat limestone plain, with cedar marshes. The Nottawasaga River flows into Georgian Bay near the southern end of the bay, and onward to the east the shore is predominantly sand dunes and marshes created by the strong predominant northwest winds. This part of Nottawasaga Bay is heavily built up with summer homes. Nearer to Thornbury and the Beaver River Valley there are some vineyards and many apple orchards dot the area.

Tributaries

(from west to east)

• Bighead River
• Beaver River
• Nottawasaga River

References

Other map sources:

• Map 4 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-10. 
• Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-10. 
• Watershed Map (PDF) (Map). 1 : 375,000. Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2014-05-10.