Purdon Conservation Area
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| Purdon Conservation Area | |
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 Beginning of the boardwalk | |
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| Location | Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city | Ottawa |
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| Area | 25 hectares (62 acres) |
| Established | 1984 |
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The Purdon Conservation Area in the municipality of Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, in Eastern Ontario, Canada.[1] Located near the community of Lanark, it is operated by the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority.[2]
The Purdon Conservation Area supports Canada's largest native colony of showy lady slipper orchids, some 16,000 plants. A smaller grouping of the orchids was discovered in the 1930s by Joe Purdon, after whom the conservation area is named, and who grew it to its larger size.[3]
It is open to the public from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving every year.[4]
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External links
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