Privacy Policy
Effective: 2026-02-18
This Privacy Policy explains how Georgian Bay Geopark (“we”, “us”) collects, uses, and shares information when you use our website at https://georgianbaygeopark.com (the “Site”). It covers the Site only. It does not apply to our offline activities, apps, or other business systems (such as sales or customer support platforms).
This privacy policy was created with the help of Azuro Digital’s Privacy Policy Generator.
Information We Collect
We collect the following categories of information, depending on how you use the Site:
- Information you choose to submit via forms (for example, your name, email address, company, and message)
- Technical data automatically collected when you visit the Site, such as IP address, device and browser type, pages viewed, referring/exit pages, and approximate location
How We Use Information
- To operate, maintain, and secure the Site
- To respond to your inquiries and provide requested information
- To understand Site usage and improve content and layout
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to run the Site and, where enabled, for analytics and advertising. Cookies help remember your preferences and understand how visitors use the Site. You can manage cookies in your browser settings.
Sharing and Service Providers
We share information with companies that help us operate the Site (for example, hosting, analytics, security, payments, email delivery, and embedded content). These providers act on our instructions and are bound by appropriate safeguards.
Depending on your settings, providers may include: Google Analytics 4, Independent Analytics, YouTube/Vimeo embeds.
We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Retention
We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described above (generally about 12 months unless we need it longer to meet legal, tax, or security requirements).
Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete your information, and to object to or restrict certain processing. You can also withdraw consent where we rely on consent. To exercise these rights, contact us via contact form.
Canada (PIPEDA / Québec Law 25)
You may request access to and correction of your personal information and withdraw consent where applicable. We may transfer information outside your province or country and use contractual safeguards for such transfers.
Children
This Site is not intended for children.
Changes
We may update this Policy from time to time. We will change the “Effective” date above and post the updated version on the Site.
How to Contact Us
If you have questions or requests about this Policy or your information, please reach us by contact form.
Notes on specific features
- Analytics: We use Google Analytics 4 and Independent Analytics to understand Site usage. You can opt out using browser settings or applicable add-ons.
- Embeds: Third-party embeds (for example, video, maps, social) may set their own cookies when you view them.
Discover the DEEP TIME geology of the Georgian Bay Geopark
DEEP TIME’ is the themed expression of how exploring and understanding the past helps create a better future. The unique DEEP TIME story and its eight geological chapters encourages both visitors and residents to know the past, celebrate the present and help create a more resilient future for the Bay and its many communities.
DEEP TIME Zone 1
The Huronian
Ocean
2.7 billion years
Sault Ste Marie to Serpent River
The ancient mineral-rich rocks of the North Channel record the breakup of the planet’s oldest supercontinent – and the birth of the Huronian Ocean.
DEEP TIME Zone 2
Continents
Collide
1.8 billion years
Serpent River to Killarney
The Group of Seven’s white rolling quartzite hills are the stumps of mountains formed when landmasses collided to form supercontinent Nuna
DEEP TIME Zone 3
The Ancient
Himalayas
1.3 billion years
Killarney to Honey Harbour
The waterscape of the 30,000 Islands exposes the deep crustal roots of the immense Grenville Mountains formed when North and South America collided.
DEEP TIME Zone 4
Tropical
Seas
500 million years
Manitoulin Island
Much of North America was covered by warm shallow seas, teeming with early marine life that left fossil-rich limestones on Manitoulin Island.
DEEP TIME Zone 5
The Limestone
Coast
350 million years
Tobermory to Wiarton
Within the last 2 million years, the Bruce/Saugeen peninsula was scoured by Ice Age ice sheets that cut deep valleys into the face of the Niagara Escarpment such as at Owen Sound.
DEEP TIME Zone 6
Ice Ages &
Early
Cultures
13,000 years
Collingwood to Wiarton
The raised beaches of glacial Lake Algonquin surround the coast of southern Georgian Bay like staircases and hosted the camps of caribou-hunting Paleo-Indians 11,000 years ago.
DEEP TIME Zone 7
The Meeting
Place
Last 10,000 years
Collingwood to Honey Harbour
The ancient hard rocks of the Canadian Shield meet the softer limestones of the ancient seas creating a stark contrast in landscapes, ecosystems, and a diverse cultural history unique in North America.
DEEP TIME Zone 8
Mindo Gami Great
Spirit Lake
4,000 years to today
Waters of Georgian Bay
In 1615 Samuel de Champlain called Georgian Bay ‘La Mer Douce’ (the sweet water sea). An early map also portrays it as Karegnondi, derived from ‘lake’ in the language of the Petun First Nation.