Here are some of the plants found in and near the Ellice Swamp which is located in the Stratford region. To get into the swamp, you must take a trail which serves as a snowmoblie trail in winter. The walk was on July 24, 2016.




Meadowsweet (Spirea alba)

Rattlesnake Grass (Glyceria Canadensis)

Three-seeded Sedge (Carex trisperma)

Bog Gentian (Gentiana linearis)

Canada St. John’s Wort (Hypericum boreale)

Mad Dog Skullcap (Scutellaria laterifolia)

Chokeberry (Aronia prunifolia)

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Glossy Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
A Look at New Hamburg

St George’s Anglican Church

Nith River


New Hamburg
Miles Hearn