Extremely popular for wildlife viewing, Lynde Shores Conservation Area has a number of looping trails (5 km including the 1 km looping trail within the Cranberry West Tract). These trails, especially the Chickadee Trail, are just the right length for little ones and are generally stroller and wheelchair friendly.

Feeding Wildlife

​For your safety and the well being of the animals please:

• only feed the songbirds
• bring your own, unsalted seeds and take home any extra seeds
• leave bread at home as it does not provide birds with the nutrients they need

No Dogs Allowed Policy at Lynde Shores Conservation Area: Reducing Wildlife Disturbance

This Conservation Area includes two provincially significant wetlands Lynde Marsh and Cranberry Marsh. Because of these marshes’ location on the shores of Lake Ontario and their diversity in both wetland and upland plant communities, these two wetland areas a extremely important to many wildlife species including birds, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

Although the wetlands themselves provide critical habitat for many species, the upland areas (both grasslands and woodlands) adjacent to the wetlands area are also critical to many water-dependent wildlife. Many ground-nesting birds, including some duck species, require these upland habitats adjacent to wetlands for nesting and food gathering.

Dogs have been known to destroy these nests, or scare birds off their nest.  To help keep Lynde Shores Conservation Area a wildlife friendly zone, please leave your pets at home when visiting this important wildlife area.

Note: Leashed dogs are permitted on the waterfront trail which is the paved trail that passes through Lynde Shores.