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Rainy Lake Islands Conservation Reserve

48.8178° N, 93.3434° W

Rainy Lake Islands Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 48.8178° N, 93.3434° W

Conservation reserve, 59.1 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/rainy-lake-islands-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).

Rainy Lake Islands Conservation Reserve is a 59.1 km² conservation reserve beside Northwest Bay, in Ontario. It was established in 2006.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Rainy Lake (826 km²).

Area
59.1 km²
Established
2006
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

-1.2 °C

Wind calmfeels like -2 °C

Observed at Fort Frances, as of 3:00 a.m. CDT

Tonight: Clear. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 1.

Weather: Fort Frances (local forecast), as of 3:03 a.m. CDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:53 a.m.
Sunrise
7:24 a.m.
Sunset
6:35 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:06 p.m.
Moonrise
6:18 a.m.
Moonset
5:54 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Rainy Lake826 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

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
2024
Managed by
Ontario Parks