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Big Sand Lake Conservation Reserve

50.1448° N, 94.5887° W

Big Sand Lake Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 50.1448° N, 94.5887° W

Conservation reserve, 2.84 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/big-sand-lake-conservation-reserve/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Provincial Park and Conservation Reserve Regulated, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Big Sand Lake Conservation Reserve is a 2.84 km² conservation reserve 17 km north of Minaki, in Ontario. It was established in 1994.

2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Big Sand Lake (44.6 km²).

Area
2.84 km²
Established
1994
Named lakes
2

Conditions today

6.3 °C

Partly CloudyWind S 9 km/h

Observed at Kenora, as of 4:00 a.m. CDT

Tonight: Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.

Weather: Kenora (local forecast), as of 4:01 a.m. CDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:58 a.m.
Sunrise
7:31 a.m.
Sunset
6:39 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:11 p.m.
Moonrise
6:24 a.m.
Moonset
5:58 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Big Sand Lake44.6 km²
2Portage Lake0.1 km²

Official record

Designation
Conservation reserve
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Regulated
1994
Managed by
Ontario Parks