Wahwashkesh - Naiscoot Conservation Reserve
45.6532° N, 80.2143° W
Wahwashkesh - Naiscoot Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 45.6532° N, 80.2143° W
Conservation reserve, 17.3 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/wahwashkesh-naiscoot-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).
Wahwashkesh - Naiscoot Conservation Reserve is a 17.3 km² conservation reserve beside Bolger, in Ontario. It was established in 2003.
16 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Wahwashkesh Lake (18.8 km²).
- Area
- 17.3 km²
- Established
- 2003
- Named lakes
- 16
Conditions today
9.8 °C
Observed at Dunchurch, as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm early this evening. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low plus 4.
Weather: Dunchurch (local forecast), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:29 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:45 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:15 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:21 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:04 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Parry Sound, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 16 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wahwashkesh Lake | 18.8 km² | 42.7 m |
| 2 | The Big Lake | 8.05 km² | |
| 3 | Kashegaba Lake | 4.19 km² | |
| 4 | Bolger Lake | 3.18 km² | |
| 5 | Naiscoot Lake | 2.5 km² | |
| 6 | Miskokway Lake | 2.36 km² | |
| 7 | Maple Lake | 1.46 km² | |
| 8 | Wilson Lake | 1.22 km² | 15.2 m |
| 9 | Carson Lake | 0.57 km² | |
| 10 | Little Wilson Lake | 0.33 km² | |
| 11 | Horseshoe Lake | 0.32 km² | |
| 12 | Myrtle Lake | 0.23 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Conservation reserve
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Regulated
- 2008
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
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