Located 4 hours away from Toronto by road, Tobermory is the crown jewel vacation spot at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. Fishermen began dropping nets into Tobermory’s deep natural harbours, Big and Little Tub in the late 1800s. Naval surveyor Henry Bayfield originally named this port Collins Harbour. It was renamed in 1882 by Scottish fishermen for the port of Tobermory on the Island of Mull in Scotland.
Located 4 hours away from Toronto by road, Tobermory is the crown jewel vacation spot at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. Fishermen began dropping nets into Tobermory’s deep natural harbours, Big and Little Tub in the late 1800s. Naval surveyor Henry Bayfield originally named this port Collins Harbour.
It was renamed in 1882 by Scottish fishermen for the port of Tobermory on the Island of Mull in Scotland. From its earliest days, Tobermory has watched a steady parade of schooners and steamers make their way through a maze of islands and reefs offshore. Many did not survive. Today, Fathom Five National Marine Park is the final resting place of some two dozen wrecks that make Tobermory the scuba diving centre of the Great Lakes.
Tobermory has its own micro climate resulting of his location at the very tip of Bruce Peninsula between Huron Lake and Georgian Bay. Along the Niagara Escarpment there are some micro climate areas such as Niagara Region which is located between two great lakes like Tobermory.
Based on a study conducted by Canada Parks, Tobermory climate station is at the top quarter of warmest parks in Canada during summer period. This longitudinal study assessed the temperature on a period of 30 years and captured data from 38 parks in Canada.