NWAs are established under ISLAND the authority of the Canada Wildlife Act and NNAATTIIOONNAALL are, first and foremost, places for wildlife. [...] MBSs are established under the authority WILDLIFE of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, AREA and provide a refuge for migratory birds AREA in marine and terrestrial environments. [...] Eleanor Island was protected as a municipal bird to visit, and to conduct research, surveys and email: enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca is a small island in southern Lake Muskoka, sanctuary before being transferred to Environment monitoring. [...] Great Blu (0.6 hectares), Eleanor Island is to afford greater protection for colonial nesting e Heron waterbirds and their habitat, and to serve •. one of the few remaining undeveloped as a site for long-term research. [...] Great Blue Heron © I. Parsons © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of the Environment, 2014 ildlife Area ullsG rrin g He