| Audley Woods |
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Located on the Iroquois Beach physiographic unit at the western extreme of the CLOCA
jurisdiction, Audley Road Woods (13 hectares) lies only a couple of kilometres to the
west of Heber Down Conservation Area and several kilometers to the east of Greenwood
Conservation Area (operated by the Town of Ajax). This land was dedicated to the Central
Lake Ontario Conservation Authority as part of a land development application. This
parcel is part of an important wildlife corridor that connects Heber Down Conservation
Area in the east to Greenwood Conservation Area and the Duffins Creek in the west. This
area has no facilities or trails and is not accessible to the general public.
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| Bowmanville Valleylands |
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The section of land known as the Bowmanville Valleylands stretches from the Langmaid Bridge to
just south of Highway 2 along the banks of the Bowmanville Creek. The Central Lake
Ontario Conservation Authority owns this section of valley in order to protect the
ecological attributes of this land and to limit building within this floodplain area of
the Bowmanville Creek. The Municipality of Clarington and the Valleys 2000 community
group maintain trails along the banks of this portion of the Bowmanville Creek.
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| Crow’s Pass Conservation Area (Easter Seal Tract) |
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The Crow's Pass Conservation Area (64 hectares), purchased in 2003 with support from the Oak Ridges
Moraine Foundation, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Regional
Municipality of Durham, was the first acquisition made by CLOCA in the northwest corner
of the jurisdiction. With close proximity to Chalk Lake, a provincial Area of Natural
and Scientific Interest located only a short distance to the south of the Crow’s Pass
Conservation Area, this area is part of a large and relatively unfragmented forested area
that has been designated as a Natural Core Area on the Oak Ridges Moraine. The size and
diversity of this largely undisturbed space makes it an important core wildlife habitat
area with strong east-west natural connectivity along this portion of the Oak Ridges
Moraine. The Crow’s Pass Conservation Area makes up part of the regionally significant
Nonquon Headwaters Area of Natural and Scientific Interest and contains several
interesting wetlands that are typical of the rolling topography found within the Oak
Ridges Moraine. This area has no maintained facilities or trails at this time.
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| Hampton Conservation Area |
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The Hampton Conservation Area is located in the centre of the Village of Hampton and
includes land that was once known for its bustling mill and extensive millpond. This
area includes a control structure within this section of the Bowmanville Creek that now
functions as an important barrier for other things than water. This control structure
helps to keep non-native fish stocks (i.e. rainbow trout and salmon species) from getting
into the tributaries north of this point where sensitive native stocks of brook trout
continue to thrive.
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| Oshawa Valleylands |
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The Oshawa Valleylands stretch from Bloor Street to the Oshawa Harbour along the lower
stretch of the Oshawa Creek. This stretch of valleyland is owned by the Central Lake
Ontario Conservation Authority in order to protect the ecological attributes of this land
and to limit building within this floodplain area of the Oshawa Creek. This area
provides a paved trail that connects to other trail networks within the City of Oshawa.
The Oshawa Valleylands are managed and maintained by the City of Oshawa.
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| Rahmani Tract |
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The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority purchased the Rahmani Tract (28
hectares), located only a short distance west of Purple Woods Conservation Area, in 2003
with support from the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation, and the Regional Municipality of
Durham. The Rahmani Tract is designated as a Natural Linkage Area on the Oak Ridges
Moraine because of the role it, and surrounding properties, play in linking more natural
spaces to the east with similar areas to the west. This area has no facilities or trails
at this time.
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| Sanderson and Sharp Tracts |
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Managed in conjunction with the Enniskillen Conservation Area (located directly to the
south), the Sanderson and Sharp Tracts (142 hectares collectively) were acquired by the
Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority in 2004 with support from the Oak Ridges
Moraine Foundation, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Regional
Municipality of Durham. These acquisitions will help to protect a significant portion of
the largely undisturbed Enniskillen/Enfield Valley. This area contributes significantly
to groundwater recharge and discharge within the area, includes undisturbed coldwater
tributaries that are part of the Bowmanville Creek Watershed, and is a core wildlife area
due to the large unfragmented natural habitats found along its lengths. There are no
facilities or trails on these tracts of land at this time.
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| Toad Hollow |
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This small area (10 hectares) protects a section of valley along the banks of the
Farewell Creek at the boundary of the City of Oshawa and the Municipality of Clarington.
Steep valley walls are secured from erosion by mature coniferous and deciduous forest.
There are no maintained facilities or trails within this tract of land.
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