Discovering Ontario · Drawing 22 of 32
Flowerpot Island’s Rock Pillars
Tobermory
These tall rock pillars look like giant flowerpots. Water and time separated them from the cliff. Trees grow on their tops.
Did you know?
Flowerpot Island is in Fathom Five National Marine Park in Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay.
Look together
Which pillar looks widest at the top?
An idea to try
Invent a name for a rock whose shape reminds you of an object.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Flowerpot Island’s pillars illustrate shoreline erosion and earlier changes in water level. Some rock layers resist wear better than others. The drawing simplifies the layers and brings the two formations closer together. Despite the marine park name, this is a freshwater lake landscape.
Sources and illustration notes (3)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be combined or imagined. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Parks Canada — Flowerpot IslandThe island, surrounded by Georgian Bay, is known for its flowerpot rock pillars.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia — Fathom Five National Marine ParkChanging water levels carved the flowerpot pillars from the dolomite cliffs.
- Parks Canada: Fathom Five GeologyNiagara Escarpment dolomite formed over 400 million years ago; past water levels.
Page prepared on October 2, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book My Ontario to Colour
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