Ontario’s Protected Areas

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295

Conservation Areas

334

Provincial Parks

5

National Parks

In Ontario there are 654 national and provincial protected areas that cover a total of 10,854,466 hectares. That’s about 10% of the province and our goal is to visit as many of them as possible! We’ve already been to a few, but we are planning on adding to our list each year as we venture out to enjoy our favourite pastime – camping. With so many to visit, this will definitely be a long-term project.

We will be posting about each parks’ setup and services, their available trails and activities both in and near the park, whenever possible. We will let you know about the pros and the cons, things you might need to consider, suggestions on things to do, and our basic feel of the park overall.

You should expect to see some fantastic photographs from each area, videos, sound files and such to help you get a feeling for each park.

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We look forward to checking each park off our list and answering any questions you may have.

Check out the links below.

LINKS TO PARK INFORMATION & IMPRESSIONS

* CA = Conservation Area   *HMA = Habitat Management Area   *NA = Natural Area
*NHA = Natural Heritage Area *NR = Nature Reserve

Ausable Bayfield                                              Conservation Authority:

Ausable River Cut CA Bannockburn CA Clinton CA Morrison Dam CA Parkhill CA Rock Glen CA

Central Lake Ontario                                                     Conservation Authority:
Enniskillen CA Heber Down CA Long Sault CA Purple Wood CA Stephen’s Gulch CA

Essex Region                                                              Conservation Authority:
Cedar Creek CA Devonwood CA Hillman Marsh CA Kopegaron Woods CA Maidstone CA McAuliffe Woods CA Ruscom Shores CA The Chrylser Canada Greenway Tremblay Beach CA White Sands CA

Grey Sauble                                                     Conservation Authority:
Bruce’s Caves CA Eugenia Falls Ca Feversham Gorge CA Hibou CA Indian Falls CA Inglis Falls Arboretum Inglis Falls CA Pottawatomi / Jones Falls CA Spirit Rock CA

Kawartha                                                           Conservation Authority:
Durham East Cross Forest CA Fleetwood Creek NA Ken Reid CA Pigeon River Headwaters CA Windy Ridge CA

Lakehead Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Cascades CA Hazelwood Lake CA

Lower Trent                                                         Conservation Authority:
Bleasdell Boulder CA Glen Miller CA Goodrich-Loomis CA King’s Mill CA Proctor Park CA Sager CA Deymour CA Trenton Greenbelt CA Warkworth CA

Mississippi Valley                                             Conservation Authority:
Mill of Kintail CA Morris Island CA Purdon CA

North Bay – Mattawa                                             Conservation Authority:
Corbeil CA Eau Claire Gorge CA Elks Lodge Family Park La Vase Portage CA Laurentian Escarpment CA Mattawa Island CA Papineau Lake CA Powassan Mountain CA Laurier Woods CA

Quinte                                                                Conservation Authority:
Beaver Meadow Wildlife MA Depot Lakes CA H.R. Frink Outdoor EC Harry Smith CA Macaulay Mountain CA Napanee CA O’Hara Mill Pioneer Village Portland CA Price CA Rutherford-Steven Lookout Sheffield CA Vanderwater CA

Saugeen                                                          Conservation Authority:
Allan Park CA Denny’s Dam CA Durham CA Saugeen Bluffs CA Sulphur Springs CA

St. Clair                                                       Conservation Authority:
A.W. Campbell CA Bridgeview CA C. J. McEwen CA Centennial Park, Strathroy Clark Wright CA Coldstream CA Crothers CA Esli Dodge CA Highland Glen CA Keith McLean CA Lorne C. Henderson C Marthaville HMA McKeough CA Moore HMA Peers Wetland Perch Creek HMA Shetland CA Strathroy CA Warwick CA Wawanosh CA
Cataraqui Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Lemoine Point CA Gould Lake CA Little Cataraqui Creek CA Lyn Valley CA Mac Johnson CA Parrott’s Bay CA

Credit Valley                                                     Conservation Authority:
Belfountain CA Elora Cataract Trailway Island Lake CA Ken Whillans Resource MA Limehouse CA Meadowvale CA Rattray Marsh CA Silver Creek CA Terra Cotta CA Upper Credit CA

Ganaraska                                                  Conservation Authority:
Ganaraska Forest CA Ganaraska Millenium CA Garden Hill CA Port Hope CA Rice Lake CA Richardson’s Lookout CA Sylvan Glen CA

Halton                                                              Conservation Authority:
Crawford Lake CA Hilton Falls CA Kelso / Glen Eden CA Mount Nemo CA Mountsberg CA Rattlesnake Point CA

Kettle Creek                                                       Conservation Authority:
Dalewood CA Lake Whittaker CA

Long Point Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Backus Heritage CA Deer Creek CA Hay Creek CA Waterford North CA

Maitland Valley                                             Conservation Authority:
Falls Reserve CA Naftel’s Creek CA Wawanosh Park CA Wawanosh Valley CA

Niagara Peninsula                                             Conservation Authority:
Ball’s Falls Heritage CA Beamer Memorial CA Binbrook CA Chippawa Creek CA Comfort Maple CA Long Beach CA Mud Lake CA St. John’s CA Stevensville CA Wainfleet Bog CA Wainfleet Wetlands CA Woodend CA

Nottawasaga Valley                                             Conservation Authority:
Edenvale CA Fort Willow CA Glencairn CA Minesing Wetlands CA New Lowell CA Nottawasaga Bluffs CA Osprey Wetlands CA Petun CA Tiffin Centre CA Tottenham CA Utopia CA

Raisin Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Charlottenburgh Park Cooper Marsh CA Gray’s Creek CA

Sault Ste Marie                                              Conservation Authority:
Fort Creek CA Gros Cap CA Hiawatha Highlands CA Marks Bay CA Shore Ridges CA

Toronto and Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Albion Hills CA Black Creek Pioneer Village Boyd CA Bruce’s Mill CA Glen Haffy CA Heart Lake CA Indian Line CA Kortright Centre CA Petticoat Creek CA

Catfish Creek                                             Conservation Authority:
Archie Coulter CA Springwater CA Yarmouth NHA

Crowe Valley                                              Conservation Authority:
Callaghan’s Rapids CA Crowe Bridge CA McGeachie CA The Gut CA

Grand River                                                      Conservation Authority:
Belwood Lake CA Brant CA Byng Island CA Cambridge to Paris Rail Trail Conestogo Lake CA Elora Cataract Trailway Elora Gorge CA Elora Quarry CA Guelph Lake CA Hamilton to Brantford Rail Trail Laurel Creek CA Luther Marsh CA Pinehurst Lake CA Rockwood CA S.C. Johnson Trail Shade’s Mill CA

Hamilton                                                          Conservation Authority:
Chippawa Trail – Hamilton to Caledonia Christie Lake CA Confederation Park Dofasco 2000 Trail Dundas Valley CA Fifty Point CA Hamilton to Brantford Rail Trail Lafarge 2000 Trail Spencer Gorge / Webster’s Falls Valens CA Westfield Heritage Village Wild Waterworks

Lake Simcoe Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Mabel Davis CA Rogers Reservoir CA Scanion Creek CA Sheppard’s Bush CA Thornton Bales CA Whitchurch CA Willow Beach CA

Lower Thames Valley                                             Conservation Authority:
Big Bend CA Big O CA C.M. Wilson Ca Dutton / Dunwich CA E.M. Warwick CA Lighthouse CA Longwoods Road CA McGeachy Pond CA

Mosa Forest & Fennel Property                        Conservation Authority:
Sharon Creek CA Two Creeks CA

Mattagami Region                                             Conservation Authority:
Gillies Lake CA Hersey Lake CA Mountjoy Historical CA White Waterfront CA

Nickel District                                             Conservation Authority:
Lake Laurentian CA

Otonabee                                                         Conservation Authority:
Hope Mill CA Imagine the Marsh CA Jackson Creek Kiwanis Trail Miller Creek Wildlife Area Selwyn CA Squirrel Creek CA Warsaw Caves CA

Rideau Valley                                             Conservation Authority:
Baxter CA Chapman Mills CA Foley Mountain CA Meisel Woods CA Mill Pond CA Perth Wildlife Reserve Portland Bay CA Rideau Ferry CA W.A. Taylor CA

South Nation                                             Conservation Authority:
Cass Bridge CA High Falls CA J. Henry Tweed CA Jessup’s Falls CA St. Albert CA W.E. Burton CA

Upper Thames River                                             Conservation Authority:
Fanshawe CA Pittock CA Wildwood CA
Southwestern Ontario Operating Parks:

Craigleith Inverhuron John E. Pearce Long Point MacGregor Point Pinery Point Farms Port Bruce Port Burwell Rock Point Rondeau Sauble Falls Selkirk Turkey Point Wheatley

Southwestern Ontario Non-Operating Parks:

Bayview Escarpment Black Creek Cabot Head Devil’s Glen Duncan Escarpment East Sister Island Fish Point Hope Bay Forest Ira Lake James N. Allan Johnston Harbour-Pine Tree Point Komoka Lighthouse Point Lion’s Head Little Cove Morris Tract Noisy River Nottawasaga Lookout Ojibway Praire Pretty River Valley Short Hills Smoky Head-White Bluff Trillium Woods

Central Ontario Operating Parks:

Awenda Bass Lake Bronte Creek Darlington Earl Rowe Forks of the Credit Killbear Mara Massasauga McRae Mikisew Mono Cliffs Oastler Sibbald Point Six Mile Lake Sturgeon Bay

Central Ontario Non-Operating Parks:

Beattie Pinery Boyne Valley Duclos Point Gibson River Hardy Lake Hockley Valley Holland Landing Prairie Limestone Islands Magnetwawan River Noganosh Lake O’Donnell Point Round Lake Springwater Waubashene Beaches

Eastern Ontario Operating Parks:

Algonquin Arrowhead Balsalm Lake Bon Echo Bonnechere Charleston Lake Emily Ferris Fitzroy Frontenac Kawartha Highlands Lake on the Mountain Lake St. Peter Mark S. Burnham Murphy’s Point North Beach Petroglyphs Presqu’ile Rideau River Sandbanks Sharbot Lake Silent Lake Silver Lake Voyageur

Eastern Ontario Non-Operating Parks:

Alexander Stewart Amable Du Fond River Bell Bay Big East River Bigwind Lake Bonnechere River Burnt Lands Centennial Lake Dividing Lake Egan Chutes Foy Indian Point J. Albert Bauer Lower Madawaska River Matawatchan Menzel Centennial Opeongo River Ottawa River Puzzle Lake Quackenbush Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Stoco Fen Timber Island Upper Madawaska Westmeath Wolf Island

 

Northern Ontario Operating Parks:

Aaron Batchawana Bay Biscotasi Lake Blue Lake Caliper Lake Chutes Driftwood Esker Lakes Fairbank Finlayson Point French River Fushimi Lake Grundy Lake Halfway Lake Ivanhoe Lake Kakabeka Falls Kap-Kig-Iwan Kettle Lakes Killarney Lake Superior MacLeod Makobe-Grays River Marten River Misery Bay Missinaibi Mississagi Nagagamisis Neys Obabika River Ojibway Ouimet Canyon Pakwash Pancake Bay Pigeon River Potholes Quetico Rainbow Falls Rene Brunelle Restoule Rushing River Samuel De Champlain Sandbar Lake Sioux Narrows Sleeping Giant Solace Spanish River Sturgeon River Wabakimi Wakami Lake White Lake Windy Lake Woodland Caribou

Northern Ontario Non-Operating Parks:

Abitibi-De-Troyes Adam Creek Agassiz Peatlands Albany River Albert Lake Mesa Alexander Lake Algoma Headwaters Arrow Lake Arrowhead Peninsula Aubinadong River Aubinagond-Nushatogaini Rivers Aubrey Falls Batchwana Black Sturgeon River Blind River Blue Jay Creek Bonheur River Kame Brightsand River Butler Lake Castle Creek Cavern Lake Chapleau-Nemegosenda Coral Rapids Craig’s Pit Cranberry Lake Dana-Howsey Lakes Devon Road Mesa Divide Ridge Eagle Dogtooth East English River Edward Island Englehart River Fine Sand Plain & Waterway Fawn River Five Mile Lake Fraleigh Lake Frederick House Lake Gem Lake Maple Bedrock Goulais River Grassy River-Mond Lake Lowlands & Ferris Lake Uplands Gravel River Greenwater Gull River Hannah Bay Bird Sanctuary Hicks-oke Bog Jocko Rivers Kabitotikwai River Kaiashk Kama Hills Kashabowie Kesagami Kopka River La Cloche La Motte La Verendrye River Lake Abitibi Islands Lake Nipigon Lake of the Woods Larder Lake Addition Larder River Waterway Le Pate Little Abitibi Little Current River Little Greenwater Lake Little White River Livingstone Point Lola Lake

Macmurchy Township End Moraine Manitou Islands Mashkinonje Matindenda Mattagami River Beach & Aeolian Deposit Mattawa River Maynard Lake Michipicoten Minnitaki Kames Mississagi Delta Mississagi River Montreal River Nagagami Lake Nakina Moraine Nimoosh North Channel Inshore North Driftwood River Obatanga Obonga-Ottertooth Ogoki River Opasquia Otaskwin-Attawapiskat River Pantagruel Creek Pichogen River Mixed Forest Pipestone River Polar Bear Porphyry Island Prairie River Mouth Puff Island Pukaskwa River Pushkin Hills Red Sucker Point Ruby Lake Sandpoint Island Sandy Islands Sauble Islands NR Schreiber Channel Sedgman Lake Severn River Sextant Rapids Shallow River Shesheeb Bay Silver Falls Slate Islands South Bay Spruce Islands St. Raphael Lake Temagami River Thackery The Shoals Thompson Island Tide Lake Tidewater Trout Lake Turtle River-White Otter Lake W.J.B. Greenwood Wenebegon River West Bay West English River West Montreal River West Sandy Island Whitesand Widdifield Forest Wildgoose Outwash Deposit Williams Island Windigo Bay Windigo Point Winisk River Winnange Lake Women River Forest

National Parks of Ontario:

Bruce Peninsula Fathom Five Marine Georgian Bay Islands Point Pelee Pukaskwa St. Lawrence Islands