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Big Bend Conservation Area

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Boat Ramp Access Closed December – Spring

ALCOHOL BAN MAY 18 – 21, 2018

For information contact info@ltvca.ca or call 519-264-1500.

  Thames River

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MacKay Pay

Conservation Authority Introduces New Smart Phone Payment Method – LTVCA Using Mackay Pay Phone App at Sharon Creek and Big Bend Conservation Areas

Ways to Pay and/or obtain your Parking or 2019 Day Use Permit (Day Use Permit to other LTVCA Conservation Areas including C.M. Wilson and Longwoods Road):

Day Use – $4 / day

Day Use Permit (year pass to Big Bend and  other LTVCA Conservation Areas) – $50

 

Payment Options:

Using your smart phone download the MacKay Pay App

Day Use Parking  – Enter Zone 3024 for Big Bend Conservation Area and select day use or Season’s Pass

Camping – Enter Zone 3023 for Big Bend Conservation Area

Without smart phone dial 1-844-334-7078

Pay by web:  www.mackaypay.com

 

Enforcement:

Area closed for day use after dark

Patrols are made by LTVCA and Municipal Enforcement Unit staff (MEU) on a regular basis

These fees help us maintain the Conservation Area and provide upgrades to facilities

LTVCA administration office phone (519) 354-7310 or ltvca.ca

 

Download brochure for Big Bend Conservation Area

This 16 hectare property was acquired by the Lower Thames Conservation Authority in 1964. Immediately north of the conservation area, a 20 hectare field also owned by the LTVCA, is leased out on an annual basis as agricultural land.

Check out this video clip of Big Bend Conservation Area.  

No Hunting. 

Conservation Areas are NOT off-leash dog parks. ALL DOGS AND PETS MUST BE LEASHED. UNLEASHED PETS ARE A FINEABLE OFFENCE. CLEAN-UP AFTER YOUR PET! Section 10.-(2) and (3) Under the Conservation Authorities Act.

Directions
The address for Big Bend Conservation Area is 21239 Big Bend Road. It is located on the Thames River, just east of the Village of Wardsville, in the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex. Follow Middlesex County Road 2 east from Wardsville, and take Big Bend Road 3 km south.

Coordinates
Lat/Long 42.644, -81.705 UTM 442235, 4721535

Features
An archaeological site located here was shared by hunting and gathering Native people over 3,000 years ago.

Also located here are a boat launch (access closed December to spring) to the Thames River which is a Canadian Heritage River, Memorial Forest, picnic shelter with tables and open space for sports and games.  Areas for hiking, and fishing for yellow perch and pickerel.

Group and family camping.  Campground open Victoria Day to Thanksgiving.  No reservations are necessary, but fees are collected on a regular basis.  For camping fees click here.  There are approximately 26 sites – 6 with hydro and water and 4 with hydro, and the rest are unserviced.  Campsites and a serviced washroom building with showers are open Victoria Day Weekend in May to mid-October.  There is NO dumping station.

For information contact info@ltvca.ca or call 519-264-1500.

The park is open for dayuse from 8 a.m. to sunset year-round.

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General Inquiries: info@ltvca.ca

Natural Features
Yellow perch and pickerel are found in the Thames River. Big Bend is an effective use of floodplain lands along the Thames River. Carolinian Life Zone tree species are found here along one of the largest meanders of the Thames River.

 

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Address
21239 Big Bend Road
Southwest-Middlesex
Ontario


Canada


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