Gould Lake Conservation Area
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Gould Lake Wetlands Conservation Project
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 Location in Southern Ontario
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| Location | South Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city | Kingston, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 44°28′12″N 76°34′48″W / 44.47000°N 76.58000°WCoordinates: 44°28′12″N 76°34′48″W / 44.47000°N 76.58000°W |
| Area | 589 ha (1,455 acres) |
| Governing body | Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority |
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Gould Lake Conservation Area is a rural conservation area located in the Canadian Shield northwest of the community of Sydenham in the Township of South Frontenac, Frontenac County, in eastern Ontario, Canada. The area was created to manage water resources, preserve wildlife habitat, and provide recreational and educational opportunities, and is managed by the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority. The conservation area contains much of Gould Lake.
The conservation area lies just north of the bedrock scarp that denotes the boundary between the Canadian Shield of the Frontenac Axis with its Precambrian bedrock and the Paleozoic Ordovician formations to the south. The bedrock was significantly eroded by the glaciers of the Late Wisconsinan age.
The headwaters of the Millhaven Creek system lies within the area. Gould Lake drains south through Silvers Lake and Little Long Lake and then into Eel Bay, an extension of Sydenham Lake. Sydenham Lake in turn drains into Millhaven Creek, which flows to Lake Ontario. The park's watershed is thus in the Great Lakes Basin.
Lying within the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region, tree species that grow in the conservation area include eastern hemlock, white cedar, yellow birch, white birch, eastern white pine, red maple, sugar maple, and black spruce. Wildlife include white-tailed deer, beaver, black bear, and muskrat. Species of fish within Gould Lake include smallmouth and largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch.
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