Purdon Conservation Area

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]

Purdon Conservation Area
Beginning of the boardwalk
Location in Southern Ontario
Location	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Nearest city	Ottawa
Coordinates	44°59′29″N 76°32′43″W[1]
Area	25 hectares (62 acres)
Established	1984 (1984)
mvc.on.ca/conservation-areas/purdon/

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]