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Windermere Goldie Lake Complex Conservation Reserve

47.9869° N, 83.8785° W

Windermere Goldie Lake Complex Conservation Reserve, Ontario. 47.9869° N, 83.8785° W

Conservation reserve, 187 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/windermere-goldie-lake-complex-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).

Windermere Goldie Lake Complex Conservation Reserve is a 187 km² conservation reserve beside Nicholson, in Ontario. It was established in 2005.

23 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Windermere Lake (38.8 km²).

Area
187 km²
Established
2005
Named lakes
23

Conditions today

5.1 °C

ClearWind SSW 5 km/h

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

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late this evening. Low plus 2.

Weather: Chapleau (local forecast), as of 3:00 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:15 a.m.
Sunrise
7:46 a.m.
Sunset
6:58 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:29 p.m.
Moonrise
6:38 a.m.
Moonset
6:17 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 23 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Windermere Lake38.8 km²
2Prairie Bee Lake11.4 km²24 m
3Goldie Lake10 km²18.3 m
4Lower Prairie Bee Lake5.91 km²12 m
5Kathleen Lake4.92 km²22 m
6Wilkison Lake1.5 km²
7Delmage Lake1.44 km²
8Soretooth Lake1.07 km²
9Cosens Lake0.84 km²
10Horseshoe Lake0.73 km²
11Prim Lake0.6 km²
12Sauriol Lake0.53 km²

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
2005
Managed by
Ontario Parks