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Mississippi Lake National Wildlife Area

45.0391° N, 76.2377° W

Mississippi Lake National Wildlife Area, Ontario. 45.0391° N, 76.2377° W

National wildlife area, 1.88 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/mississippi-lake-national-wildlife-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.
  • 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).

Mississippi Lake National Wildlife Area is a 1.88 km² national wildlife area beside Innisville, in Ontario. It was established in 1978.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Mississippi Lake (24.4 km²).

Area
1.88 km²
Established
1978
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

8 °C

Wind WSW 7 km/h

Observed at Smiths Falls, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT

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

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

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:43 a.m.
Sunrise
7:13 a.m.
Sunset
6:30 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:59 p.m.
Moonrise
6:04 a.m.
Moonset
5:48 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Mississippi Lake24.4 km²9.1 m

Official record

Designation
National wildlife area
IUCN category
IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Region

Names

  • Réserve nationale de faune du Lac-MississippiFrench form