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Gravel River Conservation Reserve

49.0999° N, 87.5511° W

Gravel River Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 49.0999° N, 87.5511° W

Conservation reserve, 466 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/gravel-river-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).

Gravel River Conservation Reserve is a 466 km² conservation reserve 4.3 km north of Pays Plat, in Ontario. It was established in 2002.

31 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Dickison Lake (5.15 km²).

Area
466 km²
Established
2002
Named lakes
31

Conditions today

1.6 °C

Wind calm

Observed at Terrace Bay, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.

Weather: Terrace Bay (local forecast), as of 3:03 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:30 a.m.
Sunrise
8:01 a.m.
Sunset
7:12 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:43 p.m.
Moonrise
6:54 a.m.
Moonset
6:30 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 31 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Dickison Lake5.15 km²
2Greenhedge Lake3.39 km²
3Pays Plat Lake2.46 km²
4Gravel Lake1.58 km²
5Liver Lake1.42 km²
6Cavers Lake1.15 km²
7Ault Lake1.02 km²
8Buckaday Lake0.97 km²33.5 m
9Sinclair Lake0.96 km²
10Chance Lake0.94 km²
11Paddy Lake0.83 km²
12Upper Pays Plat Lake0.76 km²

Rivers

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

Official record

Designation
Conservation reserve
Park class
Nature Reserve
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Non-operating park (no staff or visitor facilities)
Regulated
1985
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca