The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority is one of 36 conservation authorities in the Canadian

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. It is headquartered in

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...

The authority was established by an

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in December 1964 via the

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, and is a member authority of

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. The authority is responsible for the management and protection of 11 watersheds in 11 municipalities, the most prominent watersheds being those for the

Cataraqui River The Cataraqui River ( ) forms the lower portion of the Rideau Canal and drains into Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario. The name is taken from the original name for Kingston, Ontario; its exact meaning, however, is undetermined. Early maps showed ...

and

Gananoque River The Gananoque River is a river in Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Shows the course of the river highlighted on a map. The river is in the Atlantic Ocean drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Saint Lawrence R ...

. It spans an area from the

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in the west to

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in the east.

Conservation areas

Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority manages seven

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Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area is a conservation area located north of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and is managed by the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority. The Little Cataraqui Creek flows through the area and a res ...

, Kingston *

Lemoine Point Conservation Area Lemoine Point Conservation Area is a recreational conservation area at the west end of Kingston, Ontario. The area is bordered by Collins Bay on the north and west sides, Lake Ontario on the south and Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport on the ea ...

, Kingston * Gould Lake Conservation Area,

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Lyn Valley Conservation Area Ubisoft Montpellier is a French video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Castelnau-le-Lez. Founded in 1994 as Ubi Pictures, it is best known for developing the '' Rayman'' and ''Beyond Good & Evil'' series. At 350 employees as of S ...

Elizabethtown-Kitley Elizabethtown-Kitley is a township (Canada), township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Its southern border lies along the St. Lawrence River and it extends no ...

Mac Johnson Wildlife Area The Mac Johnson Wildlife Area (colloquially known as the Back Pond) is a wildlife area north of Brockville, Ontario, Canada, that includes wetland, fields, and forest land, as well as a reservoir that maintains water levels for the Buells Creek wat ...

and Elizabethtown-Kitley *

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, Kingston * Parrott’s Bay Conservation Area,

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References

External links

* Conservation authorities in Ontario Organizations established in 1964 1964 establishments in Ontario {{Canada-org-stub