St. John’s Conservation Area

Located within the Niagara Escarpment and Twelve Mile Creek valley, this natural area provides a tranquil setting for wildlife and visitors. A hot spot for seasonal trout fishing, St. Johns is also known for bird watching and nature education.

Boasting four trails of varying lengths and difficulty: The Tulip Tree, Sassafras, Horseshoe, and St. Johns Ridge trails each wind there way through this large interior forest. Some trails are wheelchair and stroller accessible.

St. Johns is a sensitive ecosystem, so please help us protect it by keeping to the trails, and refraining from removing any plants or animals (including minnows, tadpoles and frogs).

Healthy Ecosystems and parks = healthy environments for us all.  All species and their populations at the site work together and are dependent on one another with a balance between producers and consumers. If some are removed, the balance is offset.  For example, if turtles, tadpoles, frogs  which eat algae, are removed from the pond at St. Johns, algae along with warm temperatures and excessive nutrients (i.e. from  food feed to animals) will increase. Algae blooms can be harmful to fish and aquatic species.

As a result to help protect these important areas and functions, we thank you for taking memories and pictures only, and keeping wildlife and plants in the wild.

Fishing: MNRF Fishing Regulations apply at the Conservation Area. For more information, please visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/fishing or  https://www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-fishing-regulations-summary.