Surrounding Communities ~ Bird Watching

Battersly Wildlife Protection
West of Goodeve 

In 1974, Thomas Battersly, the last surviving son of a family that came from Great Britain and settled in the Goodeve district in 1892, donated 320 acres of beautiful countryside land to the provincial government to ensure its protection as a wildlife and historic area.

The government purchased another section, added it to the Battersly property, and made it a haven for wildlife. The full-time manager of the site is David Ivanochko.

At the entrance to Battersly wildlife protected area is the old station house, moved there from Goodeve. It has been refurbished but many of the original items have been retained, such as the pot belly stove, coal scuttle, clock, scales, Morse code equipment, mail bag, dispatcher’s hoop, iron stamp, typewriter and files.