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Home »   Welcome to the Hamilton Conservation Authority


What better time than now to get outside and enjoy what your local conservation areas have to offer?

Enjoy a hike through the Dundas Valley.  Plan a camping trip to Valens, Confederation Park or Fifty Point.  Play a round of disc golf at Christie Lake.  Visit our events page for more information on all the HCA's upcoming events.

Want to learn more about your local conservation areas? Check out their pages for more information. They feature photo galleries, brochures, maps and general information about each conservation area. You can also take a virtual tour of Christie Lake, Valens, Wild Waterworks and Westfield Heritage Village.

Our annual membership pass ($90.00 plus tax) gives you access to all HCA lands for one full year, plus lots of great rewards options. Buy your pass online.




What's happening at the HCA...

'Twas the Night before Christmas
Conservation Images for Sale
Buy your annual membership pass online

Saturday, December 6, 13 and 20.  Westfield Heritage Village.   Celebrate Christmas past from the Georgian to the modern eras and feel the warmth of the season through plays, food samples, fireworks, horse and wagon rides and a visit from Saint Nick.   Opening ceremonies, featuring a fireworks display, will be held at 6:30 p.m. each night.  For more information, please call 1-800-883-0104 or visit www.westfieldheritage.ca



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Purchase beautiful framed images of conservation areas online.  HCA now offers 30 of its archived nature photos for sale to the public. Images captured by photographers Sandy Bell, Chris Hamilton, Bruce Harschnitz and John Overmeyer are professionally framed and mounted by McMaster Gallery in Dundas. View the photos then place your online order directly with the gallery. Prices range from $65 to $200. Makes a great gift.  Visit the online order page for more information.

 

Buy online and save!  Your annual membership pass is the key to the great outdoors.  Your pass not only entitles you and your passengers easy entry to our conservation areas, but also free admission for their family to Westfield Heritage Village public events,  campground discounts and more. So get ready to hike, swim, boat, fish, picnic or soak in a spectacular sunset.  Click here to purchase your pass online.

Take a hike on the Info Trail




 
 
Community Meeting for the Dundas Valley 50 Year Vision - Nov 25
Job Opening: Assistant Ecologist Contract
Wetland workshop for landowners: Nov. 29
'Twas the Night Before Christmas at Westfield
HCA seeks citizens for environmental workshop
Eramosa Karst Winter Hike - Dec. 7
Westfield Heritage Village goes international
Waterfalls Project Team Chair wins Ontario Tourism Award
Reflections on Water a great success - Event photos available
Beautiful framed nature photography now available for purchase online
Buy your 2009 Wild Waterworks Season Pass online now and save!
Are you a landowner interested in planting trees, retiring marginal land or improving water quality in your creek, pond or wetland?
Fifty Year Strategy for the Dundas Valley
A.C.T.! Ancaster, Chedoke and Tiffany Creeks Stewardship Action Plans
Buy your HCA Membership Pass online and save!
HCA videos now available on YouTube
Borer's, Logie's & Sydenham Creek Stewardship Action Plans
Spencer Creek Stewardship Action Plans
Maplewood wedding information
Lakeland Hall wedding information

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