Sifton Bog

Sifton Bog is a protected wetland in London, Ontario, formed in a glacial depression left by retreating ice and transformed over about 10,000 years as a larger lake gradually filled with peat, leaving only Redmond’s Pond at its centre. Recognized as a provincially significant wetland, it is one of Canada’s most southerly acidic bogs and supports rare species, including sphagnum moss, leatherleaf, tamarack, black spruce, and several carnivorous plants. The site was known by several names before taking its present one in 1967 after land donated by Sifton Properties Limited, and it was once harvested for wartime materials during both world wars.

Ontario · Canada