Purchase of land in Point Deroche ‘monumental,’ says P.E.I. conservation group [Video]

The Island Nature Trust is celebrating the conservation of land that it says has deep historical, cultural and ecological significance along P.E.I.’s North Shore.

The not-for-profit organization recently finalized the purchase of nearly 81 hectares in the Point Deroche area, about 30 kilometres northeast of Charlottetown. 

The land that sits just off the eastern edge of Point Deroche Pond includes a beach, dunes, a peat bog, marshland and forests, along with an abundance of wildlife. 

“It’s a monumental and historical acquisition,” said Simon Andrea, Island Nature Trust’s land acquisition manager. 

“There’s not many parcels that are forested, that don’t have homes on them, that are over 200 acres on P.E.I., so to be able to protect one of those in Queens County is super special.”