Tay.

Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, on Tay's western edge, anchors a globally Important Bird Area on roughly 3,000 acres of Provincially Significant Wetlands; at the eastern end, Matchedash Bay Provincial Wildlife Area is a Ramsar Site of International Importance and a globally significant IBA at the head of Severn Sound. The Highway 12 heritage corridor between Tay and Midland holds Sainte-Marie among the Hurons National Historic Site (the 1639–1649 Jesuit mission to the Wendat) and the Martyrs' Shrine.

Port McNicoll was the Great Lakes terminus of the CPR steamship line. The Township sits on the traditional territory of the Chippewa Tri-Council (Beausoleil, Rama, Georgina Island First Nations) and the Huron-Wendat Nation, with about a two-hour drive from the GTA via Highway 400.