[3] Historically, it was known as Ellice Huckleberry Swamp and was part of the Huron Tract administered by the Canada Company.

[1] Although the swamp is covered with sphagnum moss, woody vegetation is replacing the traditional wet bog species.

Poplar, black ash and silver maple forest cover most of the area.

It breeds in southeastern and south-central Canada and the Appalachian Mountains northeastern to north-central United States.

According to the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, the golden-winged warbler is found only at the Ellice Swamp within Perth County.