Bruce County occurs as county in western Ontario, Canada, and includes a Bruce Peninsula. As of 2001, the population was 63,892. A area was 4,155.53 square kilometres. A county seat is Walkerton, Ontario. These are placed at the Latitude of 44°30' North and a Longitude of 81°15' West.

A county contains a Bruce Peninsula National Park. Notable towns include Tobermory and Wiarton, home of the atmospheric condition predicting groundhog Wiarton Willie.

Communities

Towns Saugeen Shores South Bruce Peninsula

Township Huron-Kinloss

Municipalities Arran-Elderslie Brockton Kincardine Northern Bruce Peninsula South Bruce

Indian Reserves Neyaashiinigmiing Saugeen 29

Historic Townships
Albermarle (Hope Bay, McIver, Colpoy's Bay, Mar, Red Bay) at present around South Bruce Peninsula Amabel (Wiarton, Oliphant, Sauble Falls, Skipness, Park Head, Allenford) today inside South Bruce Peninsula Arran (Elsinore, Tara, Invermay, Burgoyne) now within Arran-Elderslie Brant (Walkerton, Maple Hill, Dunkeld, Eden Grove, Vesta, Elmwood) nowadays around Brockton Bruce (Underwood, Inverhuron) now in the Municipality of Kincardine Carrick (Formosa, Ambleside, Mildmay, Deemerton, Carlsruhe) now around South Bruce Culross (Teeswater) now inside South Bruce Eastnor (Spry, Lion's Head, Hopeness, Poke Bay) currently within Northern Bruce Peninsula Elderslie (Paisley, Chesley) now within Arran-Elderslie Greenock (Riversdale, Greenock, Chepstow, Cargill, Pinkerton, Bradley, Lovat) now within Brockton Huron (Pine River, Purple Grove, Verdun, Ripley) today inside Huron-Kinloss Kincardine (Kincardine, Tiverton) now in the Municipality of Kincardine Kinloss (Kinloss, Kinlough, Holyrood, Langside, Lucknow) now within Huron-Kinloss Lindsay (Cape Chin, Dyer's Bay, Stokes Bay) now within Northern Bruce Peninsula Saugeen (Southampton, Port Elgin) now a Town of Saugeen Shores St. Edmund's (Tobermory) now in Northern Bruce Peninsula

Attractions
Algonquin Brewery (In the south Bruce) "Arabia" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Avalon Voyageur II" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Big Tub Weak (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Bluewater Summer Festival Theatre (Kincardine) Bruce County Museum (Saugeen Shores) Bruce Trail Bruce Nuclear Generating Station (Kincardine) Cabot Head Weak & Heritage Museum (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Cascaden" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Cassel's Cove Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Chantry Island Weak (Saugeen Shores) "Charles P. Minch" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "China" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Cove Island Point (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Devil's Monument (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Flowerpot Island Weak (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Flowerpot Rocks (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Forest City" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Gargantua" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Gat Point Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Gillies Hill Ghost Town (Arran-Elderslie) Hanover/Saugeen Drome (Brockton) Indian Head Cove Caves & Grot (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "James C. King" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "John Walters" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Kincardine Airdrome (Kincardine) Kincardine Tail Range Weak & Museum (Kincardine) "Lady Dufferin" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Larkwhistle Garden (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Malcolm Ghost Town (Brockton) Marble bedded flow of any stream (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Marion L. Breck" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) M.S. Chi-Cheemaun (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Newaygo" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) "Philo Scoville" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Point Clark Lighthouse Museum (Huron-Kinloss) Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site (Huron-Kinloss) "Points West" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Port Elgin Airport (Saugeen Shores) Sauble Beach Amusements (In the south Bruce Peninsula) Sauble Speedway (In the south Bruce Peninsula) Saugeen Amphitheatre (Saugeen Twenty-nine) Saugeen Trail (Saugeen Shores) Sweetwater Cruise (Northern Bruce Peninsula) The Peninsula & St. Edmunds Museum (Northern Bruce Peninsula) The Scenic Caves (Northern Bruce Peninsula) Tobermory Aerodrome (Northern Bruce Peninsila) Treasure Chest Museum (Arran-Elderslie) Wiarton Willie (South Bruce Peninsula) "W.L. Wetmore" Shipwreck (Northern Bruce Peninsula)

Protected Areas
Arran Flow of any stream Conservation Area Black Creek Provincial Park Brucedale Conservation Area Bruce Peninsula National Park Cyprus Lake Cabot Head Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Chantry Island National Migrant Bird Sanctuary Denny's Dam Conservation Area Fathom Five National Marine Park Flowerpot Island Glammis Bog Conservation Area Greenoch Swamp Wetland Complex Conservation Area Hardwood Hills Conservation Area Hope Too much Outdoors Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Inverhuron Provincial Park Johnston Harbour Pine Point Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Lion's Head Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Little Cove Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Lockerby Conservation Area MacGregor Point Provincial Park Algonquin Huron Nipissing McBeat Conservation Area McMaster Island Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Rankin Provincial Resource Management Area Sauble Falls Provincial Park Saugeen Bluffs Conservation Area Smoky Head - White Bluff Provincial Nature and severity Reserve Spirit Rock Conservation Area Stoney Island Conservation Area Tara Conservation Area

Highways
Maaround road in Bruce include: Primary Main road: #9, #6, #21

Demographics
(Statistics Canada, 2001) Population vary (1996-2001): -Two.7 Dwellings: 36,864 Density (by the sq. kilometre.): Xv.4 National rank around terms of people: 93 Provincial rank within terms of people: 36

People 96.2% White 2.9% Aboriginal 0.Nina from carolina tons others

Surrounding Counties
Huron County, Ontario Grey County, Ontario Manitoulin District, Ontario