Walter Devereaux Conservation Area

Walter Devereux Conservation Area is a 35 hectare property. The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority acquired this property in 1978. The park is named after a former Chair of the LTVCA Board of Directors, Walter Devereux.

 

Directions

Walter Devereaux Conservation Area is located at 13016 McLarty Line in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. From Ridgetown take Main Street East (County Rd. 17) which turns into Victoria Road. Continue north on Victoria Road over Highway 401. (Victoria Road turns into Hwy. 21) Turn west onto McLarty Line. Watershed Map

Coordinates

Lat/Long 42.484, -81.921 UTM 424345, 4703970

Features

See Conservation Areas Information and Conservation Areas Fees 2012.

Walter Devereaux Conservation Area has limited trail use. This park is open for dayuse from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. year-round, free of charge.

Natural Features

Walter Devereaux Conservation Area has a nursery of hardwoods, Carolinian tree species and a field area. This property demonstrates windbreak plantings and managed and unmanaged woodlots.

 

To find out more about other tourism opportunities in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, please visit:

Tourism Chatham-Kent

or

Municipality of Chatham-Kent