2025 Conservation Area Season
The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA)’s Conservation Areas (CAs) are open for the 2025 season! Both Fanshawe and Wildwood CA have been open for day-use access on a daily basis since April 1.
On May 1, 2025 Fanshawe, Pittock and Wildwood Conservation Areas CAs will open for overnight and seasonal camping. These three beautiful parks offer many wonderful outdoor recreational opportunities.
Fanshawe CA, located just outside of London, offers 511 campsites and 30 km of hiking and biking trails. In Woodstock, Pittock CA offers 248 campsites and a nationally rated 18-hole disc golf course. Finally, Wildwood CA is located outside of St. Marys with 387 campsites including four back country sites.
“We’re excited to have visitors back using our day-use areas, the reservoirs and trails, and we’re looking forward to the 2025 camping season beginning. We have already rebooked some of the exciting programming that was well received by guests last summer for this year,” says Damian Schofield, Conservation Areas Coordinator.
With the return of the operating season, the popular Park Pass Program has made a comeback. Since 2019, the UTRCA has partnered with libraries in the watershed to offer park passes to library patrons. Using their library card, patrons can “check out” a day pass to gain day-use access to Fanshawe, Pittock, and Wildwood Conservation Areas.
Participating libraries include:
- Childreach Lending Library London
- London Public Library
- North Perth Public Library
- Oxford County Library
- Perth East Public Library
- St Marys Library
- Stratford Library
- West Perth Public Library
For more information on the CAs and to book a campsite online, visit our websites: