Lake of the Woods Conservation Reserve
49.5701° N, 94.7672° W
Lake of the Woods Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 49.5701° N, 94.7672° W
Conservation reserve, 459 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/lake-of-the-woods-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).
Lake of the Woods Conservation Reserve is a 459 km² conservation reserve 4.1 km south of Kenora, in Ontario. It was established in 2006.
30 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake of the Woods (3,470 km²).
- Area
- 459 km²
- Established
- 2006
- Named lakes
- 30
Conditions today
6.6 °C
Observed at Kenora, as of 5:00 a.m. CDT
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of rain this afternoon. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this afternoon. High 14. UV index 2 or low.
Weather: Kenora (local forecast), as of 5:03 a.m. CDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:31 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:40 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:12 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:24 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:59 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 30 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake of the Woods | 3,470 km² |
| 2 | Shoal Lake | 256 km² |
| 3 | Fox Lake | 2.42 km² |
| 4 | Turtle Lake | 1.54 km² |
| 5 | Wake Lake | 1.53 km² |
| 6 | Kawakamik Lake | 1.49 km² |
| 7 | Lac la Belle | 0.85 km² |
| 8 | Hatmaker Lake | 0.78 km² |
| 9 | Question Lake | 0.73 km² |
| 10 | Dominion Lake | 0.73 km² |
| 11 | McLauchlin Lake | 0.55 km² |
| 12 | Melborne Lake | 0.52 km² |
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
- 2006
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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