Valens, Ontario

Valens is a community in Ontario, located in the city of Hamilton. It is the location of the Valens Conservation Area, built around the Valens Reservoir.

Valens

Location of Valens in Ontario

It is located about 35 km from downtown Hamilton. You reach there by traveling north on highway 6 and then west on highway 97. Valens Lake is a water reservoir managed by the Hamilton Conservation Authority and offers facilities for camping, hiking, swimming, boating and fishing. It was stocked with fish before, but now it has a sustained natural fish population that has among others, carp, catfish, small and largemouth bass, pike, perch, an assorted varieties of pan fish and the odd turtles.

A dam controls water flow from the basin; water level may fluctuate throughout the year.