Visit Manitoulin

We are still in fierce winter on Manitoulin Island. So much snow, but still beautiful! Our doodle girls are checking in at @perivalegallery.bsky.social #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHs #Heavenly #EastCoastKin #photography #DogsofBlueSky

Here's a great reason to visit Manitoulin Island! Join our 2-day fully supported cycle event offering 3 daily routes. Great riding, food & warm camaraderie creating lasting memories. MICA 2026 Event & Tour details here: www.manitoulincycling.com/events/ #cycling #manitoulinmagic #travel

Two golden doodles watch the bird traffic at our bird feeders after a major snowfall.

ANOTHER day of snow! Golden doodles Jazz & Molly quietly enjoy bird watching while chickadees, nuthatches, goldfinches, cardinals, bluejays, evening grosbeaks, hairy woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, & starlings hungrily flock to our feeders. #photography #DogsofBlueSky #birds

I am standing in front of the frozen Bridal Veil Falls on Manitoulin Island.

YAY! Home, sweet home, at last! After a lovely month away & a 10 hour drive yesterday through whiteouts, subzero temperatures & playing snowplow tag, we are back home on Manitoulin Island! Cuba was warm, but Bridal Veil Falls is also beautiful in winter! #manitoulinmagic #photography #travel #winter

Lovely Manitoulin Island blanketed in snow! Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to everyone. #photography #EastCoastKin #manitoulinmagic #winter

A tranquil sunset over a forested road on Manitoulin Island, with tall pine trees in dark silhouette framing a glowing horizon of warm orange fading into deep blue sky.

On my way home,
the road narrows into quiet,
and Manitoulin exhales in gold and blue.

Trees stand like old storytellers,
the sky listens,
and the day learns how to let go.

Some journeys don’t end—
they soften into sunset.

#stunday #sunset #manitoulinmagic #EastCoastKin #poetry

🎄🐾 Snowy Doodle Delight! 🐾🎄
Our two golden doodles are fully in the holiday spirit — rocking their Santa hats and soaking up the winter wonderland. ❄️❤️
Cutest Christmas helpers ever! 🎅✨ #alphabetchallenge #weekXforXmas #DogsOfBlueSky #manitoulinmagic

Lake Kagawong dawn on Manitoulin Island #SundayYellow #Stunday #Photography #EastCoastKin

❄️✨ Enough snow already!
Our fluffy golden doodle girl stepped outside for 5 minutes and returned looking like a walking snowball collection.
Nothing sticks to snow quite like doodle fur — she’s nature’s Velcro! Stay cozy, friends… may your snowballs be few and your zoomies be many. 🐶❤️⛄️#DogsOfBlueSky

A weathered wooden barn on Manitoulin Island stands beside tall evergreens and leafless trees. The shadow of a tree stretches across the barn’s front wall. A split-rail fence surrounds the area, and the ground is covered in fresh white snow under a pale, cloudy sky

A Manitoulin Island barn wearing the shadow of its neighbouring tree — nature’s own artwork. Winter has officially arrived, wrapping the landscape in fresh snow! #photography #manitoulinmagic #Manitoulin #artinnature #EastCoastKin

A quiet forest scene after the first snowfall. Snow-covered trees and bushes line both sides of a narrow stream, creating a dense, white winter landscape. The dark water contrasts with the bright snow, and the sky is overcast, adding to the calm, cold atmosphere.

Manitoulin Island woke up wrapped in silver silence—its forests, streams, and skies softened by the season’s first snowfall. ❄️✨ #photography #EastCoastKin #manitoulinmagic
#winter

Another nature study class by our golden doodle duo as one of today's red squirrel visitors sits on "our lady of the seeds" to help himself to the seeds in her tray. Sometimes the squirrel actually knocks on the window to get my dogs' enthusiastic attention! #DogsOfBlueSky #dogs #nature #photography

A study in decay, stillness, and the passage of time, this abandoned structure on Manitoulin sets a haunting mood.
#photography #history #EastCoastKin #alphabetchallenge #weekUforUnloved #manitoulinmagic

An old weathered barn shaped home sits abandoned as an eager lilac bush springs forth amid the milkweed. Alone, but not forgotten.

‪On Manitoulin Island, there are still many abandoned rural homes and outbuildings still standing which lead us to wonder what we would learn if walls could talk. #photography #history #EastCoastKin #alphabetchallenge #weekUforUnloved #manitoulinmagic

May we raise children who love the unloved things ...
#alphabetchallenge #weekUforUnloved #manitoulinmagic #love

Air conditioned outhouse on Manitoulin Island. #windy #alphabetchallenge #photography #eastcoastkin #weekUforUnloved #manitoulinmagic

Purple reflections on the water from a purple, pink and orange sunset.

Beautiful reflections dance in the water at sunrise on Manitoulin Island! This may become a future painting ... if I can find the time. #EastCoastKin #sunrise #manitoulinmagic #photography #reflections #Manitoulin

Jazz and Molly have decided that it’s time to bed for us. Good night, #Bluesky to all and enjoy a wonderful week ahead. #DogsOfBlueSky

Jazz watches herself and our 2 other golden doodles as they appear on CTV's Your Morning, @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
a national television show in Canada. #Alphabetchallenge #WeekTforTelevision #DogsofBlueSky #manitoulinmagic #photography

A silhouette of an old barn against a fiery Manitoulin Island sunset of pink, orange and golden hues.

Timeless rural beauty! Another dramatic Manitoulin Island sunset with weathered barn silhouetted. #photography #EastCoastKin #manitoulinmagic #sunsetlovers #Manitoulin #rurallife

So very proud of our team! #BlueJays #CanadaProud #WorldSeries

A Blue Jay on a branch

"Blue Jay" 10 x 8 acrylic by Danielle LeCorvez. www.perivalegallery.com/danielle-lec... #BlueJays #LetsGoBlueJays #LetsPlayBall #WorldSeries

A painting of rocks with beautiful golden light on the rocks and the greenery

My dear late artist friend had a passion for painting rocks. "LAST LIGHT IN McGREGOR #2" 22 x 36 oil by Ivan Wheale www.perivalegallery.com/ivan-wheale/ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRForRock #art #manitoulinmagic

Spells, spirits, and home runs — it must be Hallowe’en and Samhain! 🧙‍♀️🔥 Let’s go, Blue Jays! 🍁 I am casting a spell for a magical bewitching day of great vibes and even better results. #Halloween #Samhain #BlueJays

Reds, crimson, orange, gold, yellow! Beautiful vibrant show of autumn colour of trees along a rail fence on the road to our house.

Happy #BlueSkyMonday! Vibrant colour quilt on Manitoulin Island. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQForQuiet
#Photography #Nature #Fall

Footbridge reflected at sunset in luminous water of Mindemoya River as its water meets Lake Huron in Providence Bay on Manitoulin Island - the world's largest freshwater island

Finding the magic! Luminous sunset reflections of the footbridge in the tranquil Mindemoya River as it meets the waves of Lake Huron on Manitoulin Island - the world's largest freshwater island. #manitoulinmagic #Manitoulin #georgianbay #photography #ocanada

A golden canopy of trees over a road on Manitoulin Island.

Autumn vibes continue on beautiful Manitoulin Island - the world's larges freshwater island. #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #autumnvibes

Manitoulin sunset reflects in the water with dramatic clouds

A Manitoulin sunset like no other — the sun slipping low, painting the horizon in fire and gold while the sky drapes itself in soft blues and purples. A perfect evening where water, land, and sky meet in quiet harmony. #EastCoastKin #photography #manitoulinmagic #Manitoulin #sunsetlovers

Bridal Veil Falls cascades amid fall colours into the salmon breeding pool at the base.

Bridal Veil Falls on Manitoulin Island is one of many gems to enjoy while visiting the world's largest freshwater island. buff.ly/jqJyADF #travel #EastCoastKin #photography #Manitoulin #manitoulinmagic #waterfalls

Beach grass silhouetted against a golden sunset at Providence Bay on Manitoulin Island.

Magical golden beach sunset at Providence Bay on Manitoulin Island - the world's largest freshwater island. #EastCoastKin #photography #travel #sunsetlovers #manitoulinmagic #Manitoulin