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Garden River Forest Conservation Reserve

46.7323° N, 83.7998° W

Garden River Forest Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 46.7323° N, 83.7998° W

Conservation reserve, 2.99 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/garden-river-forest-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.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • 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).

Garden River Forest Conservation Reserve is a 2.99 km² conservation reserve 19 km east of Glendale, in Ontario. It was established in 2000.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Castleman Lake (0.21 km²).

Area
2.99 km²
Established
2000
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

10.1 °C

Mostly CloudyWind N 2 km/h

Observed at Sault Ste. Marie, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm after midnight. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 5.

Weather: Sault Ste. Marie (local forecast), as of 3:06 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:14 a.m.
Sunrise
7:44 a.m.
Sunset
6:59 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:29 p.m.
Moonrise
6:37 a.m.
Moonset
6:17 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Sault Ste. Marie, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

In the park

FeatureArea
1Castleman Lake0.21 km²

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
Conservation reserve
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Regulated
2000
Managed by
Ontario Parks