Purdon Conservation Area

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Purdon Conservation Area
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Beginning of the boardwalk
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Location in Southern Ontario
Location Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Nearest city Ottawa
Coordinates 44°59′29″N76°32′43″W / 44.99139°N 76.54528°W / 44.99139; -76.54528 [1]
Area25 hectares (62 acres)
Established1984 (1984)
mvc.on.ca/conservation-areas/purdon/

The Purdon Conservation Area in the municipality of Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, in Eastern Ontario, Canada. [1] Located near the community of Lanark, it is operated by the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority. [2]

The Purdon Conservation Area supports Canada's largest native colony of showy lady slipper orchids, some 16,000 plants. A smaller grouping of the orchids was discovered in the 1930s by Joe Purdon, after whom the conservation area is named, and who grew it to its larger size. [3]

It is open to the public from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving every year. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mississippi River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. ↑ Your Guide to Conservation Areas In Ontario (PDF). Conservation Ontario. 2011. p. 49.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Purdon Conservation Area". Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  4. ↑ "Purdon Conservation Area – MVCA" . Retrieved 2025-05-26.


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