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	Pelee, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada, is an island in the western half of Lake Erie.
		Pelee Island is connected to the Canadian and United States mainland by ferry service.
		Pelee Island is also part of an important flyway for migrating birds between Ohio, the Lake Erie islands and Point Pelee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pelee_Island (379 words)

	90.3 WCPN®: Spotlight
		Preserving the island's wetlands is of prime importance to Pelee's residents.
		Pelee Island, Canada in the western basin of Lake Erie is considered by many to be a natural paradise.
		This newly-planted vineyard on Pelee's west shore is a commenoration of one of the island's early vintners.
	www.wcpn.org /spotlight/news/0616pelee.html (1030 words)

	Pelee, Ontario -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The island is part of the Township of Pelee in (Click link for more info and facts about Essex County) Essex County, and has its own mayor, deputy mayor, and three Councillors.
		The township is comprised of 9 islands, the largest being Pelee Island, and including Middle Island, Middle Sister Island, Hen Island, Big Chick Island, Little Chick Island, Chick Island, East Sister Island, and North Harbour Island.
		Pelee Island is also part of an important flyway for migrating birds between (A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) Ohio, the Lake Erie islands and (Click link for more info and facts about Point Pelee) Point Pelee.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pelee,_ontario.htm (474 words)

	Pelee Island & Middle Island: How We Got to the Present Millennium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pelee Island is host to rare plants at dozens of locations outside the reserves.
		During the autumn of 1992, while the annual Kelleys Island deer hunt was in progress, a number of animals fled into the water, and began swimming toward Pelee Island.
		The splendor of the Islands' natural heritage is evident in the brief illustration of trees, plants, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, birds and butterflies.
	www.windsorpubliclibrary.com /digi/pelee/a-storydrawpage.asp?page=25-nature (4592 words)

	TWIN OAKS Retreat, Bed and Breakfast - Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pelee Island Winery is Canada's largest estate winery and is in the nation's most southern grape-growing region.
		Pelee Island is also renowned as one of the most significant areas in Canada to find unique wildlife species such as the Bald Eagle, the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtlle, the Blue Racer snake and the Yellow-Breasted Chat.
		The Pelee Island Heritage Centre in addition to providing an interpretative facility, sponsors research in natural and human history; publishes Pelee Island history, is involved in the recovery of endangered species and landscape restoration, operates a summer week-long camp for children, and sponsors special events and lectures.
	www.peleeisland.net /pelee-island.html (288 words)

	Visit Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pelee Island is home to about 300 permanent residents.
		Pelee Island is approximately 12 km north to south and is roughly 4 to 5 km east to west.
		Others are employed by the Township of Pelee, the Pelee Seed Company, the Pelee Coop, The Pelee Island Public School, and by the service industry, including the Pelee Island Winery, the A.M. McCormack General Store, restaurants, pubs and bed and breakfasts.
	www.wildsofpelee.ca /visit_pelee_island.htm (797 words)

	PIBO Welcome & Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pelee Island is designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by the Canadian partners of BirdLife International — the Canadian Nature Federation (CNF) and Bird Studies Canada (BSC).
		The island is approximately 14.5 km long, 5.5 km wide, and lies between Leamington, Ontario on the north shore of Lake Erie (app.
		The island is also home to large areas of alvar-savannah (a vegetation community of global significance) as well as an extraordinary number of provincially and nationally rare and endangered plants.
	www.peleeisland.org (463 words)

	Pelee Island and Point Pelee Tourism Information
		Pelee Island sits almost smack in the middle of Lake Erie.
		Pelee Island is home to Pelee Island Winery's vineyards and pavilion where several tours are available between May and October.
		Tour the grounds of the Pavilion itself; learning about some of the history of the Pelee Island Winery, as well as the reasons why it’s is such a great place for grapes to grow.
	www.pelee.com (246 words)

	Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pelee Island is the largest island in the western Lake Erie archipelago and part of the Carolinian zone in southwestern Ontario.
		It is restricted to Pelee Island and Middle, East Sister and Hen Islands, of which Pelee holds the majority of the individuals (Campbell 1991).
		If the island's fauna and flora were perceived by the resident islanders to be an economic positive then this would go far in promoting a conservation ethic on the island.
	www.carcnet.ca /english/important_areas/pelee.html (2332 words)

	About the Wilds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Located in the southernmost reaches of the country on an island with almost 40 species at risk, the Wilds of Pelee Island is a dynamic charitable organization that provides students and volunteers with unique opportunities for hands-on experiences of wildlife research, ecological restoration and conservation education.
		Pelee Island has always had a human presence (dating back 5000 years before it became an island).
		The Wilds of Pelee Island is working hard to support the local economy to help maintain community needs while continuing to conserve naturePictured left is a student group from the Wilds of Pelee Island supporting the Pelee Island community by volunteering to help paint an old building.
	www.wildsofpelee.ca /about_the_wilds.htm (431 words)

	EXN.ca \| Discovery
		Add to that a limestone base to the island - the remains of a Devonian-period coral reef - and the perfect conditions are in place for an alvar habitat to develop.
		Only found in Canada on Pelee Island and nearby Point Pelee National Park (on the mainland), the endangered prickly pear cactus is quickly losing its foothold on the island.
		So while Pelee Island is nowhere near the equator nor isolated by thousands of kilometres of Pacific Ocean, it seems Canada has its own ecological gem, and one from which Darwin may even have learned a few things.
	www.exn.ca /stories/1996/12/05/04.asp (882 words)

	Wilds of Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Putting Money Where Your Mouth Is The Pelee Island Winery doesn't just market their wine with pretty pictures of rare plants and animals.
		Sponsors of the Wilds of Pelee Island's Endangered Species Festival, the Pelee Island Winery have also begun to help preserve rare wildlife on their own private nature reserve.
		Partnering with the Wilds of Pelee Island (WPI) and the Federal Government's Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk, the Pelee Island Winery has welcomed restoration ecologists, botanists, wildlife biologists, landscape architects, and many volunteer work crews to help restore their globally rare Red Cedar Alvar Savanna.
	www.wildsofpelee.ca (177 words)

	Pelee Island Regional, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pelee Island, Ontario Official site of the Township of Pelee Island, the most southerly community in Canada.
		Pelee Island Light A gray stone tower built in 1833 is all that remains of the long-abandoned lighthouse which is located on the northern tip of the island.
		Pelee Island Hotel and Pub A 14-room bed and breakfast for tourists and a public house with restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
	www.bpwregina.org /YnBfMjIyMTg=.aspx (178 words)

	Sandra Silfven on Wine -- Canada's Pelee Island: A wine lover's paradise -- The Detroit News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		��Pelee Island Winery has been growing European grape varieties on the clay-covered limestone rocks some 15 miles out into Lake Erie since the early 1980s, but it seems it's taken till now for them to catch on in Michigan.
		��Pelee Island and the nearby Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville are paradise for nature lovers with a bicycle and binoculars.
		The unoaked chardonnay with a pheasant on the label is the top-selling chardonnay in Ontario, according to Pelee Island wine master Walter Schmoranz.
	info.detnews.com /wine/columns/silfven/details.cfm?id=124 (1820 words)

	News release - Pelee Island Champion wins Award - Ron Tiessen
		A community leader from Pelee Island, Canada's southernmost community, was honoured today for his role in promoting conservation and sustainable community development.
		His passion for the island community and its heritage was recognized today with a Carolinian Canada Conservation Award at the 23rd Annual Canadian Organic Growers Conference Public Forum in Guelph in front of approximately 300 people.
		A driving force in Township of Pelee Island’s "Vision for Pelee Island 2007" which includes goals for ecologically sustainable energy, waste management, transportation, agriculture, tourism, as well as, increased protection of natural areas.
	www.carolinian.org /NR_Jan23-04tiessen.htm (668 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Ontario: Localities: P: Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Fish Point Provincial Park - Located on the southwest spit of Pelee Island, twenty-five kilometres from the mainland, it may be reached by passenger and vehicle ferries which leave from Kingsville or Leamington.
		Pelee Island Hotel and Pub - A 14-room bed and breakfast for tourists and a public house with restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
		Pelee Island Light - A gray stone tower built in 1833 is all that remains of the long-abandoned lighthouse which is located on the northern tip of the island.
	dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/Canada/Ontario/Localities/P/Pelee_Island (312 words)

	Pelee Island - Vacation and Tourist Information from the Official Website of the Township of Pelee Island
		Pelee Island - Vacation and Tourist Information from the Official Website of the Township of Pelee Island
		Air service is available during the winter months through Pelee Island Transportation Co.
		Located on the west side of the Scudder dock on the north end of the island, WesMarine has 30 slips, 14 with 30 amp hydro service.
	www.pelee.org /gethereblend.htm (325 words)

	~~~ Seacliffe Inn - About ~~~
		Whether you stay on the mainland or take a ferry to Pelee Island, you will be acutely aware of the natural beauty and diversity of the Leamington area.
		The Passage, a strip of water between Pelee Island and Point Pelee, quickly became known by sailors as one of the most treacherous passages of Lake Erie.
		As Canada’s most southerly inhabited point keeping its own time in "peace and tranquility", Pelee Island is "Canada’s Best Kept Secret." The island is on the 42nd parallel, the same latitude as Northern California, Madrid Spain, and Rome Italy and is 14.5 km (9 miles) long and 5.5 km (3.5 miles) wide.
	seacliffeinn.com /about/index.cfm (1273 words)

	Pelee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Point Pelee is located at the northwestern end of Lake Erie, There is a ferry service to Pelee Island from Leamington twice a day during the summer.
		Bruce Peninsula ferry crossings from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island and in Canada's South from Kingsville or Leamington to Pelee Island and Sandusky Ohio.
		A volcanic spine at the summit of the Mt. Pelee.
	supersearching.com /k/pelee.html (960 words)

	The Island Biogeography
		In the mid-1960s ecologist Edward O. Wilson and Robert H. MacArthur hypothesized that the number of species inhabiting an island is dependent on the size of the island and the distance to the mainland.
		Pelee Island, on the other hand, is the only one which continues to have permanent human residents.
		Pelee National Park, however, there were many people living on the island when the Point became a park in 1918.
	www.ed.mtu.edu /esmis/id73.htm (2461 words)

	Ontario Ferries - MV Jiimaan - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The MV Jiimaan is the largest passenger ferry along the Lake Erie route to Pelee Island.
		The MV Pelee Islander, which continues to operate, was the single source of water transportation prior to the Jiimaan service.
		For the first 140 years after settlement on Pelee Island, passenger and freight movement connecting the Island to the mainland was limited to private initiative, but only for about eight months of the year.
	www.ontarioferries.com /jii/about/index.shtml (910 words)

	Smallmouth bass fishing with Dr. Hook Guide Service
		The Pelee Island Trip is an excellent fishing trip for the fisherman who is looking for something a little different in a Lake Erie trip.
		Pelee is an island of an occasional car on the road, whose driver still waves when you meet!
		Pelee is by far the best place to fish for that TROPHY SMALLIE that you have been wanting to put on the wall.
	www.drhookguideservice.com /pelee_island_2_day_fishing_trip.htm (331 words)

	Recent Ontario Birding Reports - Point Pelee & Essex County
		Pelee Report for May 9, 2004 Overnight storms combined with S component winds brought in greater numbers of birds as well as some new species.
		Point Pelee Bird Report for May 16 (Sunday) Despite the fact that we have now entered the 2nd half of May, migration is somewhat at a standstill as far as numbers are concerned.
		Point Pelee Report for May 22 (Saturday) Potentially the most interesting birding news today continues to be the massive flooding of fields in all areas north of the Park.
	www.web-nat.com /bic/ont/pelee.html (10893 words)

	Jody Victor Reviews Sandusky Bay and Western Lake Erie :: Jody Victor: Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		With 10,000 acres of vineyards, farms, beaches, parks and forest, Pelee Island is almost any visitors dream island.
		Pelee Island is on the same latitude as the prestigious wine regions of the world, including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Napa Valley, California.
		Whether you get to Pelee Island by the ferry from Sandusky or by plane you are sure to find its natural beauty and many activities, make for a memorable day, weekend, or vacation.
	jodyvictor.blogharbor.com /blog/_archives/2004/8/23/128610.html (364 words)

	Lake Erie Islands
		Rattlesnake Island, consisting of 85 acres, is located 2 miles northwest of Put-in-Bay, past Gibraltar Island. Some claim the name was once covered with rattlesnakes, while others say the name is derived from the shape, with the two tiny islands off its western tip representing the rattles. Today Rattlesnake is a privately owned resort.
		Looking in a westerly direction, 15 miles distant, is West Sister Island. Currently a National Wildlife Refuge and a haven for many species of shore birds, it was near West Sister that the Battle of Lake Erie came to an end, and American control of Michigan, northern Ohio, and the Old Northwest was assured.
		Another Canadian neighbor is Pelee Island, just under 10 miles to the northeast. At 36 square miles Pelee is by far the largest island in the lake, dwarfing Put-in-Bay's 2 square miles. Pelee is primarily farming land, but is also a famous fishing resort, having been patronized by Presidents Cleveland, Harding and Taft.
	www.nps.gov /pevi/HTML/islands.html (356 words)

	Pelee Island Hotel and Pub Bed & Breakfast pelee island ontario canada
		Pelee Island Hotel and Pub Bed and Breakfast pelee island ontario canada
		"The Island Home" was one of the first boarding homes of Pelee Island (1884).
		The establishment decorated the little hamlet at the west dock until it was consumed by fire in 1921.
	www.peleeislandhotel.com (227 words)

	If you go to Pelee Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Reservations aren't required but are available by calling the Pelee Island Township Office, 1-519-724-2931, 9-5 weekdays.
		THE NATURAL WORLD: The Pelee area is at the convergence of two major bird flyways, and migrating birds use the island as a resting place on their flight across Lake Erie.
		If hunting birds is more your style, the island sponsors three annual hunts for farm-raised pheasants.
	www.freep.com /fun/travel/qpside12.htm (356 words)

	Point Pelee National Park - Main Page
		Point Pelee, a 10-kilometre sandspit with its southern point equal in latitude to the northern border of California, contains one of Canada's smallest but most unusual national parks.
		A thin triangle jutting into Lake Erie at the southernmost point of Canada, the 20 square kilometre landscape boasts a unique blend of vegetation in the marshes, jungle-like Carolinian forest, Savannah grasslands and unpredictable beachfront, supporting a complexity of wildlife.
		The early attraction the peninsula had for the first people to come in search of game, continues in the overwhelming popularity the park has amongst bird watchers and day visitors.
	www.canadianparks.com /ontario/ppelenp/index.htm (98 words)

	Pelee Island
		During the latter part of last summer Jocelyn traveled to Pelee island in Canada for the 2001 Pelee Island Women's Rugby Tournament.
		As we crossed over the US/Canada border the customs officer asked the usual questions, "are you carrying any tobacco, weapons..." While driving away my friend leaned out the window and yelled, "You fool, I have an A-bomb in the trunk!" Fortunately the agent was too far away to hear her.
		We had left Detroit late in the afternoon and were madly trying to make the 5pm ferry that would take us to Pelee island.
	www.msu.edu /~melnykow/vol1_2/rugby_index1_2.html (254 words)

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