2006 Canadian $20 National Parks Collection #3: Georgian Bay Islands Fine Silver Coin

2006 Canadian $20 National Parks Collection #3: Georgian Bay Islands Fine Silver Coin 

Visit Ontario's southern Georgian Bay and you will discover a landscape that looks vaguely familiar - the outcrops of smooth rock and windswept pines were immortalized by the Canadian Group of Seven painters.

Poised on the edge of the Canadian Shield, these islands testify to the power of the glaciers that carved out this region during the last Ice Age. Wherever ancient ice scoured away the soil, the oldest rock on the planet lies exposed. But the rock is not completely barren; in every crevice that captured fertile earth, life quickly took hold. Moss and grass defy the wrath of wind and water and as one moves further inland, the variety of plant and animal life steadily grows.

Here, species from the boreal forests of the north and the hardwood forests of the south come together in a unique transitional zone between two geographic regions that you can discover with the 2006 $20 Silver Coin - Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada. 

Features

-Third in series of coins featuring National Parks Collection. 
-Highly sculpted relief. 

Packaging

2006 Canadian $20 National Parks Collection #3: Georgian Bay Islands Fine Silver Coin comes encapsulated and presented in maroon display case with insert, black beauty box and Certificate of Authenticity. 

Specifications

Face Value: $20
Mintage: 20,000
Composition: 99.99% Silver
Weight (g): 31.39
Diameter (mm): 38
Finish: Proof