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Little Mississippi River Conservation Reserve

45.1643° N, 77.5818° W

Little Mississippi River Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 45.1643° N, 77.5818° W

Conservation reserve, 9.16 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/little-mississippi-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).

Little Mississippi River Conservation Reserve is a 9.16 km² conservation reserve beside McArthurs Mills, in Ontario. It was established in 2003.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Weslemkoon Lake (20.7 km²).

Area
9.16 km²
Established
2003
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

5.5 °C

Wind NW 4 km/h

Observed at Bancroft, 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 2.

Weather: Bancroft (local forecast), as of 4:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:49 a.m.
Sunrise
7:18 a.m.
Sunset
6:35 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:05 p.m.
Moonrise
6:10 a.m.
Moonset
5:54 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Weslemkoon Lake20.7 km²51.8 m

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
2003
Managed by
Ontario Parks