Kelso Conservation Area | Great Lakes Guide

Kelso Conservation Area is a 397-hectare park located on the Niagara Escarpment. There is supervised swimming here in the summer season, so you and your family can enjoy the sandy beach on this 35-hectare lake. The dam and reservoir in this Conservation Area regulate the water flows of the Sixteen Mile Creek. The Creek starts on the Niagara Escarpment and flows out to Lake Ontario at Oakville.

Water Quality

Passes water quality tests 95%+ of the time.

Water quality information provided by Swim Guide with the support of RBC Royal Bank.

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Traditional Territories

Anishinaabeg
Attiwonderonk (Neutral)
Haudenosaunee

Treaties

Treaty 13A, 1805

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