Christie Lake Conservation Area

Explore Christie Lake's 10-kilometre recreational trail system and travel through peaceful meadows and towering pine forests! Our multi-use recreational trails are accessible by foot, snowshoes or cross-country skis, weather permitting.

Christie Lake trail map.

Swimmers, sunbathers and sandcastle masters will enjoy Christie Lake's 360-metre sandy beach!

Be smart this summer season and follow all water safety rules. No lifeguards are provided on our beaches. Adults, children are your responsibility.

Water quality testing is done weekly during the summer months by the City of Hamilton. Results can be found on HCA's homepage or on the City of Hamilton website.

Enjoy our 10km of multi-use trails and cyclists can also enjoy themselves on park roads. Please obey the rules of the road and, for your safety, wear a helmet.

HCA partnered with the Hamilton Cycling Club to build sustainably designed single-track bike trails in Christie Lake. The area features nearly 10 km of beginner, intermediate and advanced paths, with a clay surface and few rocks. They run through the south side of Christie Lake, opening up the mostly pine-reforested area to two-wheeled exploration.

Christie Lake's bike trails close seasonally in the winter and spring.

Click here for the Christie Lake Bike trail Map.

Have an up-close look of Christie Lake while paddling as you paddle down the reservoir. Rowboats, canoes and kayaks are available for rent, or bring your own! Gasoline motors NOT PERMITTED.

BOAT RENTALS ARE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE

Click here for more information on boating at Christie Lake and HCA.

Christie Lake's idyllic natural setting makes it a great destination for all sizes of group and family picnics. There is plenty of parking, covered picnic pavilions, hundreds of picnic tables and grassy fields that are perfect for games, races or just relaxing.

With space for 10,000 visitors and cars, Christie Lake is ideal for your company's outdoor event. Contact park staff for more information.

Click here for group area and pavilion rental information.

Set up like a golf course, disc golf holes wind through fields and forests to reach the basket but played with flying discs rather than clubs and a ball. Disc golf is a great outdoor activity, perfect for individual play, team play, and organized competition.

Christie Lake features an 18 hole championship disc golf course that is open year-round and is free to use with park entry. Discs are available for purchase at the gatehouse and beach store.

Disc Golf Scorecard and Fact Sheet

Fish from a boat, shoreline or docks located around the reservoir as you try to catch the big one! Some native species that you will find in the reservoir include; Northern pike, Largemouth bass and variety of panfish.

Please note fishing is closed from April 1st to the fourth Saturday in June – annually.

HCA has implemented a voluntary catch and release while fishing at Christie and Valens Lakes to help support a sustainable native fishery within the reservoirs.

To support the Ponds Decommissioning and Fish Habitat Project, the Christie Lake ponds will no longer be stocked with Rainbow Trout.

Every May and September
Hundreds of Canada's top antique and vintage dealers display and sell a variety of treasures. With 10 acres of vintage items waiting to be discovered, there are items to please both the novice and the most experienced collector.

Furniture, architectural antiques, stoneware, Native artefacts, folk art, rugs, jewellery, sports memorabilia, scientific instruments, textiles, cut glass and more! If you can imagine it, you can find it in one of the 1,200 collecting categories featured at the show.

More information about the show.