The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) (formerly Mississippi Valley Conservation (MVC)) is a
conservation authority in the province of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
. It is headquartered in
Carleton Place, Ontario
Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Ontario Highway 15, Highway 15 and Ontario Highway 7, Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Ontario ...
and serves a 4450 km
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
located across eleven municipalities.
The organization is responsible for both the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
watershed and the
Carp River watershed.
Conservation areas
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Carp River
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K&P
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Mill of Kintail
The Mill of Kintail Conservation Area is a preserve operated by the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority, in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada.
The preserve features an 1830s grist mill that was a former summer home and sculpture studio of ...
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Morris Island
Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km²) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The ...
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Palmerston-Canonto
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Purdon
References
External links
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Conservation authorities in Ontario
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