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Valens Conservation

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Valens Conservation area offers a natural sandy beach, 10-kilometres of trails, as well as fishing. This man-made reservoir was created around 1970 to control flooding. It is part of the Spencer Creek watershed, which starts on the Niagara Escarpment and flows into Lake Ontario at Cootes Paradise, Hamilton.

Water Quality

Passes water quality tests < 60% of the time.
Water quality information provided by Swim Guide with the support of RBC Royal Bank.

Watersheds

Lake Ontario
Lake Erie

Traditional Territories

Anishinaabeg
Attiwonderonk (Neutral)
Haudenosaunee

Treaties

Treaty 3, 1792

Languages

Anishinaabe

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