Conservation Area Status
The total number of daily visitors to our conservation areas is limited and access may be restricted. Get real-time capacity information, including whether the conservation area, or an activity, is open or has reached its operating capacity.
NOTICE: We are starting a new project at Shade's Mills Conservation Area to improve accessibility for our visitors. Public feedback has been received and is submissions are now closed. Thank you to everyone who contributed! More information about this exciting project will be posted when it becomes available.
Shade's Mills is a day-use conservation area offering a great place to enjoy nature just a few minutes away from the city. Favourite activities include swimming, sport fishing and canoeing. Hikers and cyclists can enjoy 12 kilometres of trails through a mature hardwood forest along Mill Creek. Anglers can fish in the 32-hectare (80-acre) reservoir, which was created by the construction of Shade's Mills Dam. In the winter, the conservation area offers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and ice fishing.
Conservation area information