A Crown Game Preserve is an officially designated natural area in

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, "primarily for the purpose of sustaining populations of game animals". Hunting is not permitted or strictly regulated, making it akin to a

wildlife refuge A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geolog ...

. Crown Game Preserves are managed by the

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. There are currently fifteen Crown Game Preserves: * Brigden Crown Game Preserve *

Chapleau Crown Game Preserve The Chapleau Crown Game Preserve is a fur bearing animal preserve area in Ontario, Canada, north-east of Lake Superior. It covers some in the Algoma and Sudbury Districts, and is officially classified as a Crown Game Preserve by the Government ...

* Conestogo Crown Game Preserve * Conroy Marsh Crown Game Preserve *

Dumfries Crown Game Preserve Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Du ...

* Geikie Island Crown Game Preserve * Himsworth Crown Game Preserve * Miner Crown Game Preserve * Nipissing Crown Game Preserve * Nopiming Crown Game Preserve * Pembroke Crown Game Preserve * Peterborough Crown Game Preserve * Puslinch Crown Game Preserve * Shirley's Bay Crown Game Preserve * Yarmouth Crown Game Preserve

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{{Reflist Natural areas in Ontario