Nature Conservancy of Canada to acquire Lake Superior’s Batchewana Island

Batchewana Island. Photo by Robert Cormier, courtesy NCC Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has reached a purchase agreement for Batchewana Island, north of Salt Ste. Marie, the largest private island on Lake Superior. It says it has raised eighty percent of the purchase price. "Batchewana Island’s 27 kilometres of shoreline encircle more than 2,000 …