Foley Mountain Conservation Area, the highest conservation area in the
Rideau Valley, overlooks
Upper Rideau Lake and
Westport. It features a variety of wildlife in 325 hectares (800 acres) of woods, ponds and fields.
The area also has a sandy beach with changing facilities. The 300 km
Rideau Trail
The Rideau Trail is a hiking trail in Ontario, Canada, linking Ottawa and Kingston.Trischuk, Ernie, and Linda Hayes, ''The Rideau Trail Guidebook'', (Rideau Trail Association, Kingston, 7th ed., 2006) Crossing both public and private lands, the ...
, linking Kingston and Ottawa, passes through the conservation area.
Foley Mountain Conservation Area is operated by the
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) is an inter-municipal environmental protection and advisory agency that works with local municipalities, government agencies, special interest groups and the general public to protect the natural reso ...
.
References
Conservation areas in Ontario
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