Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve
44.6008° N, 77.0458° W
Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 44.6008° N, 77.0458° W
Conservation reserve, 85.9 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/mellon-lake-conservation-reserve/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- 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).
- 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).
Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve is a 85.9 km² conservation reserve 1 km west of Gull Creek, in Ontario. It was established in 2001.
17 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Bull Lake (2.07 km²).
- Area
- 85.9 km²
- Established
- 2001
- Named lakes
- 17
Conditions today
4.9 °C
Observed at Kaladar, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this evening. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 3.
Weather: Kaladar (local forecast), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:46 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:15 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:34 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:03 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:07 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:52 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Belleville, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 17 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Lake | 2.07 km² | 15.2 m |
| 2 | Mellon Lake | 1.5 km² | |
| 3 | Sheffield Long Lake | 0.93 km² | 30 m |
| 4 | Raccoon Lake | 0.53 km² | |
| 5 | Otter Creek Lakes | 0.52 km² | |
| 6 | Cranberry Lake | 0.25 km² | |
| 7 | Haley Lake | 0.23 km² | |
| 8 | McNeil Lakes | 0.2 km² | |
| 9 | Crotch Lake | 0.19 km² | |
| 10 | Shirtcliff Lake | 0.18 km² | |
| 11 | Lingham Lakes | 0.17 km² | |
| 12 | West Sheffield Lake | 0.16 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Conservation reserve
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Regulated
- 2024
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
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