Nipigon Palisades Conservation Reserve
49.2935° N, 88.2345° W
Nipigon Palisades Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 49.2935° N, 88.2345° W
Conservation reserve, 115 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/nipigon-palisades-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).
Nipigon Palisades Conservation Reserve is a 115 km² conservation reserve beside Orient Bay, in Ontario. It was established in 2003.
16 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Nipigon (4,460 km²).
- Area
- 115 km²
- Established
- 2003
- Named lakes
- 16
Conditions today
4.6 °C
Observed at Nipigon, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers early this evening. Clearing near midnight. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this evening. Low minus 1.
Weather: Nipigon (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:32 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:04 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:14 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:46 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:57 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:33 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 16 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nipigon | 4,460 km² |
| 2 | Forgan Lake | 29.2 km² |
| 3 | Jessie Lake | 9.17 km² |
| 4 | Keemle Lake | 1.91 km² |
| 5 | Wanogu Lake | 0.55 km² |
| 6 | Shadow Lake | 0.5 km² |
| 7 | Double Loon Lake | 0.28 km² |
| 8 | McKirdy Lake | 0.27 km² |
| 9 | Slipper Lake | 0.27 km² |
| 10 | Francis Lake | 0.16 km² |
| 11 | Bullrush Lake | 0.14 km² |
| 12 | Osier Lake | 0.14 km² |
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
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