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Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area

44.3863° N, 79.8876° W

Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area, Ontario. 44.3863° N, 79.8876° W

Conservation area, 43 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/minesing-wetlands-conservation-area/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • 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).

Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area is a 43 km² conservation area 1 km northwest of Essa, in Ontario. It was established in 1970.

Area
43 km²
Established
1970

Conditions today

5.6 °C

Wind W 6 km/h

Observed at Barrie, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 4.

Weather: Barrie (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:58 a.m.
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
Sunset
6:45 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:14 p.m.
Moonrise
6:19 a.m.
Moonset
6:04 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Barrie, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

In the park

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
Conservation area
IUCN category
IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority