Swaines Bog Treasured wetland rare beauty

Rare Beauty, Community Sweetheart, Migration Hot Spot and Sound of Silence are the nicknames given to the four wetlands in Nova Scotia that are being pegged as Treasured Wetlands under a new program being officially launched by Ducks Unlimited Canada in partnership with the provincial Department of Natural Resources.

The Swaine’s Road Bog in Shelburne County, home to the rare thread-leaved sundew plant, the Annapolis Royal Marsh, the Cole Harbour Salt Water Marsh and the Black River Bog in Cape Breton are the wetlands identified for the Treasured Wetlands of Nova Scotia program. “The idea is to encourage and inspire Nova Scotians to get outside and explore these wetlands,” said Chelsea Murray, communication specialist for Ducks Unlimited Canada in Atlantic Region, in an interview.

Besides an interpretive sign, the posts are “made so you can put a phone on a bracket, so everyone can put their phone in the same spot so as people are visiting, they take the same picture over and over again and share it on social media and that way we can track what the wetland looks like over time,” said Murray.