Our Commitment to
Sustainability
Each year, we commit to measuring and improving our sustainability performance in the following ways:
Encourage Sustainable Visitation
Through our work with the STAG group, we promote sustainable visitation throughout the Northern Bruce Peninsula.
Promote Action
We encourage visitors to travel responsibly, and our Tourist Ambassadors help guide them toward less crowded experiences.
Environmental Awareness
We support environmental awareness by promoting practices such as using refillable beverage containers and reusable takeout containers.
SUSTAINABILITY
Tobermory and the Northern Bruce Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has signed the Sustainable Tourism 2030 Pledge, to demonstrate our commitment to improving the sustainability performance of our business between now and 2030.
The UN World Tourism Organization defines sustainable tourism as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities.”
To formalize our commitment to improving sustainability performance, we have also signed the GreenStep Sustainable Tourism Pledge and look forward to continuing to learn, grow, and strengthen our sustainability practices in the years ahead.
Our unique nature is accessible for you.
Singing Sands, 126 Dorcas Bay Road, Tobermory
Northern Bruce Peninsula, accessibility is important to us
Parks Canada Visitor Centre
120 Chi Sin Tib Dek Road, Tobermory
- Two accessible parking spots available on a first-come-first-serve basis
- Paved parking lot
- Indoor accessible public universal/single user washroom
- Gallery theatre: accessible wheelchair seating, ramped walkway with string lights to access seats. Hearing devices available to borrow upon request.
Grotto and Cyprus Lake
496 Cyprus Lake Road, Tobermory
- Parking is by reservation only. www.reservation.pc.gc.ca or 1-877-737-3783 (Early May to late October)
- Paved parking lot
- Open air pavilion at head of trails with stamped concrete surface and indoor accessible universal/single user public washroom
- Accessible compost washroom along trail (may require assistance over small gap to access ramp)
Cyprus Lake Campground
469 Cyprus Lake Roadd, Tobermory
- All campsites at Cyprus Lake Campground are un-serviced
- All sites offer a natural dirt floor surface
- All sites allow two vehicles parked on site
- Sites’ dimensions vary in length and width - dimensions and proximity to washroom facilities can be found under reservations at www.reservation.pc.gc.ca
- All washrooms in the Poplar area of the campground offer accessible stalls in gendered washrooms
- Designated washrooms in the Birches offer universal/single user style facilities
- Comfort Station (The Campground Hub) – Indoor gendered accessible washroom and shower facilities at open air pavilion with stamped concrete surface, shower is on a five-minute timer
Halfway Log Dump
Emmett Lake Road, Tobermory
- Parking is by reservation only – www.reservation.pc.gc.ca 1-877-737-3783 (mid-June to late September)
- Parking lot is mix of packed gravel and packed dirt
- Open air pavilion at head of trails with stamped concrete surface and indoor accessible universal/ single user public washroom
Singing Sands
126 Dorcas Bay Road, Tobermory
- Two accessible parking spots available on a first-come-first-serve basis
- Interlocking brick parking lot with 10m double wide gravel trail leading to Dorcas Bay Road
- Paved crosswalk from parking lot to access Singing Sands day-use area
- A wide open interlocking brick surface leads to open air pavilion with stamped concrete surface
- Pavilion offers indoor gendered washrooms with an accessible stall
- Large wooden surfaced picnic area with accessible picnic table
- Wooden boardwalk with rope railing leads to a wheelchair access mat bringing visitors onto the beach and to the Lake Huron Shoreline
- Distance from access mat to water varies due to fluctuating lake levels. Gently sloping beach to shallow water
