Dyer Memorial Nature Reserve

A rich history. Come visit.

In 2010, the Dyer Estate Corporation and the Trustees for the Dyer Memorial Trust donated 155 acres of land including 1800 feet of undisturbed shoreline habitat along the Big East River.

The land was originally owned by Clifton Dyer who erected the monument in memory of his wife, Betsy, after she passed away in 1956. Clifton died in 1959 and the ashes of he and his wife were placed at the top of the monument.

The Big East River Provincial Park is a waterway park that provides an ecological connection between Algonquin Park and Arrowhead Provincial Park. An oxbow pond as well as river backwaters provide high quality fish habitat as well as habitat for amphibians and other wetland plants and animals. In addition, the area is a deer and mosse wintering site. The property has been certified Ecologically Sensitive through Environment Canada’s Ecogift Program.

An important tourist attraction, the Trust will maintain the Dyer Memorial Monument Site as an inactive cemetery. The surrounding forest, fronting the Big East River, will be maintained in its natural state.

A tourist attraction, the Dyer Memorial Monument Site is open to the public from dawn to dusk. Visitors are asked to take only photos and leave only footprints.