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Cardwell Township Old Growth Conservation Reserve

45.2791° N, 79.6216° W

Cardwell Township Old Growth Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 45.2791° N, 79.6216° W

Conservation reserve, 10.3 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/cardwell-township-old-growth-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).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).

Cardwell Township Old Growth Conservation Reserve is a 10.3 km² conservation reserve 1 km north of Rosseau, in Ontario. It was established in 2002.

2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Woods Lake (0.12 km²).

Area
10.3 km²
Established
2002
Named lakes
2

Conditions today

7.4 °C

ClearWind NNW 13 km/h

Observed at Port Carling, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.

Weather: Port Carling (local forecast), as of 4:01 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:57 a.m.
Sunrise
7:26 a.m.
Sunset
6:43 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:13 p.m.
Moonrise
6:18 a.m.
Moonset
6:02 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Parry Sound, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT

In the park

FeatureArea
1Woods Lake0.12 km²
2Berry Lake0.11 km²

Official record

Designation
Conservation reserve
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Regulated
2002
Managed by
Ontario Parks