Island Lake Forest and Barrens Conservation Reserve
45.7923° N, 80.0215° W
Island Lake Forest and Barrens Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 45.7923° N, 80.0215° W
Conservation reserve, 155 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/island-lake-forest-and-barrens-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).
Island Lake Forest and Barrens Conservation Reserve is a 155 km² conservation reserve 3.3 km north of Wahwashkesh, in Ontario. It was established in 2000.
26 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Wahwashkesh Lake (18.8 km²).
- Area
- 155 km²
- Established
- 2000
- Named lakes
- 26
Conditions today
9.2 °C
Observed at Dunchurch, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: Dunchurch (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:28 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:44 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:14 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:20 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:03 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Parry Sound, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 26 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wahwashkesh Lake | 18.8 km² | 42.7 m |
| 2 | The Top Lake | 8.47 km² | |
| 3 | Island Lake | 6.27 km² | |
| 4 | Trout Lake | 1.41 km² | |
| 5 | Big Hungry Lake | 0.99 km² | |
| 6 | Otter Lake | 0.74 km² | |
| 7 | West Deer Lake | 0.7 km² | |
| 8 | Wolf Lake | 0.56 km² | |
| 9 | Dog Lake | 0.45 km² | |
| 10 | Dutton Lake | 0.39 km² | |
| 11 | Shanty Bay Lakes | 0.39 km² | |
| 12 | Kelsie Lake | 0.35 km² |
Waterfalls
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
- 2026
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
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