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Haliburton County

Haliburton County is home to the 5,400 acre Haliburton Scout Reserve, the largest scout reserve in Canada.

It has been actively managed by Scouts Canada since 1947.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Algonquin Highlands, Township of

A triangular lapel pin with a white background. A blue stylized capital letter A stands in front of a rising yellow sun. Beside these is half of a green oak leaf. Underneath are the words Township of Algonquin Highlands.

Algonquin Highlands is home to the Dorset Lookout Tower. Originally built in 1922 as a fire lookout, the tower was rebuilt in 1967 at a height of 30 metres which provides the observation deck with a scenic view 142 metres above the Lake of Bays.

Donated by the municipality

Dysart et at, Municipality of

A white, circular lapel pin with the words Dysart et al at the top of the circle and the words Haliburon Ont at the bottom of the circle. In the middle of the circle is a coat of arms. In the top left corner of the shield is a blue background with a white border behind a five pointed star below two moons. In the lower left corner of the shield is a white background with a blue border behind a brown beaver. The right half of the shield has three evergreen trees on a white background. Superimposed at the centre of the shield is a smaller shield with a yellow background, a blue bar travelling diagonally from the top left to bottom right of the smaller shield, and three lozenges on the bar. Above the whole shield is a depiction of castle walls. At the bottom is a banner with the words confidently yet cautiously.

The United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde has Canada’s longest municipal name. It had the longest place name until passed by a Newfoundland and Labrador local services district in 2010.

Donated by the municipality

Highlands East, Municipality of

A blue rectangular lapel pin with text reading Municipality of Highlands East, Yours to Explore, and highlandseast.ca. At the top of the pin is a white backgrounded silhouette of two pine trees, a howling wolf, a rolling hill, and the moon.

Highlands East is the first municipality in Ontario to provide public mineral collecting sites. At these sites you can collect different rare and fine minerals including apatite, fluorite, mica, zircon, and stillwellite.

Donated by the municipality

Minden Hills, Township

A lapel pin in the shape of five green hills rising above a body of water with a curved, freestanding bridge spanning the water. At the bottom are the words Township of Minden Hills In Season Every Season.

Home of the Minden Wild Water Preserve, a 100 acre park with some of Canada's best whitewater rapids. So good in fact that it was the host of the 2015 Pan Am Games canoe slalom events.

Donated by the municipality

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