Close to home and across the province, Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities own and protect over 135,000 hectares (350,000 acres) of natural lands and offer more than 250 Conservation Areas for you to explore and enjoy. These Conservation Areas offer a wide range of natural experiences. If you’re looking for a place where you can appreciate nature, get some exercise and learn about our environment, there’s an adventure waiting for you at a nearby conservation area!
EXPLORE: Many Conservation Areas feature picturesque trails where you can hike, cycle, or ski.
LEARN: Ontario’s natural heritage and cultural history come to life in the Interpretive Centres, Museums, and Pioneer Villages found in some Conservation Areas.
ENJOY: From waterfalls to beaches, sand dunes to wetlands, Ontario’s Conservation Areas showcase some of the province’s most breath-taking natural features. Come and enjoy Ontario’s Conservation Areas, but please remember to leave only footprints.
The Conservation Areas featured on this website offer you a variety of educational and recreational facilities and activities. Whether you want to enjoy a hike through the woods, take the family camping, enjoy a quiet picnic, or catch “the big one” at a popular fishing spot, this search function can help you to find the perfect Conservation Area.
Watch our short video about what Conservation Areas have to offer.
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Featured Conservation Areas
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Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area
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Three visitors celebrate March’s Maple Madness with pancakes
smothered with real maple syrup.
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You can celebrate all four seasons of fun, but winter is special at the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority’s (CRCA) Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area. It is two km north of Highway 401’s Exit 617 (Division Street/Perth Road) at Kingston.
This conservation area features provincially significant wetlands, meadowlands and mixed forest. It is crisscrossed by a 14 km network of looped trails and almost all are groomed in winter for cross-country skiing. Need equipment? Rent skis, skates or snowshoes at the Outdoor Centre.
Every March, the CRCA celebrates that Canadian icon, maple syrup. Using sap collected from its demonstration sugar bush, daily displays illustrate how maple syrup used to be made and how it is made today. Maple Madness features fun yet educational puppet shows, guided tours and activities such as taffy-on-the-snow.
Visitors reach the sugar bush in tractor-drawn covered wagons. The more active may walk there in 20 minutes.
Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
P.O. Box 160, 1641 Perth Road,
Glenburnie, ON, K0H 1S0
Tel: (613) 546-4228
Toll free in 613: (877) 956-CRCA
Fax: (613) 547-6474
e-mail:
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Website: www.cataraquiregion.on.ca
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