Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve
49.4801° N, 88.6536° W
Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 49.4801° N, 88.6536° W
Conservation reserve, 1,880 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/lake-nipigon-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).
Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve is a 1,880 km² conservation reserve 1.6 km northwest of Macdiarmid, in Ontario. It was established in 2003.
28 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Nipigon (4,460 km²).
- Area
- 1,880 km²
- Established
- 2003
- Named lakes
- 28
Conditions today
-0.8 °C
Observed at Gull Bay, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 2.
Weather: Gull Bay (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:34 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:06 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:16 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:48 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:59 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:34 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 28 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nipigon | 4,460 km² | |
| 2 | Forgan Lake | 29.2 km² | |
| 3 | Castle Lake | 6.11 km² | 36 m |
| 4 | Oskawe Lake | 5.64 km² | 18 m |
| 5 | Bonner Lake | 2.6 km² | |
| 6 | Snowshoe Lake | 2.29 km² | |
| 7 | Beacon Lake | 1.95 km² | |
| 8 | Walkover Lake | 1.55 km² | |
| 9 | Jojo Lake | 1.1 km² | |
| 10 | Morgan Lake | 1.07 km² | |
| 11 | Lehtinen Lake | 1.01 km² | |
| 12 | Oribine Lake | 1.01 km² |
Waterfalls
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Conservation reserve
- Park class
- Natural Environment
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Non-operating park (no staff or visitor facilities)
- Regulated
- 2000
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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