Undeveloped island to be turned into nature preserve

A small, undeveloped island off the north shores of P-E-I is set to be purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Canada and eventually placed under the full-time stewardship of the Mi’kmaq (MIG’-maw).

Oulton’s Island is about one square kilometre in size and is an important habitat for blue herons, bald eagles and double-crested cormorants.

There is also a small but significant population of woodland creatures such as snowshoe hare, red squirrel and migrating waterfowl.

Darlene Bernard, chief of the Lennox Island First Nation in P-E-I, says she doesn’t foresee any commercial development in the area.