LaSalle Marina in Burlington, Ontario

Trumpeter swans are the largest swans in the world and the biggest and heaviest native waterfowl species in North America. But in the late 1800s, they were critically endangered due to hunting for meat and feathers. Trumpeters went locally extinct in in the province of Ontario in 1886. At one time, there were fewer than 100 Trumpeters in the entire continent. In the 1980s, conservation efforts and a breeding program brought Trumpeter Swans back from the brink of extinction in North America. One of those captive-bred swans, Pig Pen, was the first Trumpeter Swan in Ontario in more than 100 ye...