This is a list of protected areas of

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Southwest corner of Cape Breton Highlands National Park

National Parks

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, a government branch, national parks allow for public enjoyment without compromising the area for future generations, including the management of Canadian wildlife and habitat within the ecosystems of the park. There are two formal national parks in Nova Scotia, with one managed as a reserve. *

Cape Breton Highlands National Park Cape Breton Highlands National Park is a Canadian National Parks of Canada, national park on northern Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The park was the first national park in the The Maritimes, Atlantic provinces of Canada and covers an ar ...

Kejimkujik National Park Kejimkujik National Park () is a National Parks of Canada, national park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Annapolis, Region of Queens Municipality ...

- this park is composed of two sections. The main park is inland, with a seaside adjunct for day use only located near

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. *

Sable Island National Park Reserve Sable Island (, literally "island of sand") is a small, remote island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Sable Island is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, about southeast of Halifax, and about southeast of the closest point of mainlan ...

Canadian Heritage Rivers

The

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is a program administered by the federal, provincial and territorial governments to conserve river heritage. *

Shelburne River The Shelburne River is a 53 km long river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a wilderness river and is a tributary of Mersey River. It starts in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area. The Shelburne River was designated a Canadian Heritage River in 1997. ...

Margaree River The Margaree River (''Abhainn Mhargaraidh'') is a river on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The northeast branch of the river derives from the watershed of the Cape Breton Highlands, while the Southwest Margaree flows northeast from Lake Ainslie ...

-Lake Ainslie River System

National Wildlife Areas

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. * Boot Island National Wildlife Area* () * Chignecto National Wildlife Area* () * John Lusby National Wildlife Area* (1) * Sand Pond National Wildlife Area () * Sea Wolf Island National Wildlife Area () * Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area ()

National Migratory Bird Sanctuaries

Protected areas administered by

* Big Glace Bay Lake () * Kentville () * Port L'Hebert () * Port Joli () * Sable River () *

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() *

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() * Haley Lake ()

Provincial Parks

Provincial Wilderness Areas

there were 68 wilderness areas in Nova Scotia. They are regulated by the Wilderness Areas Protection Act under the responsibility of Nova Scotia Environment and are areas where resource extraction, development, use of vehicles and similar activities are prohibited. Hunting, trapping and fishing are permitted. * Alder Grounds Wilderness Area * Boggy Lake Wilderness Area * Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area * Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area * Canso Coastal Barrens Wilderness Area * Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area * Cloud Lake Wilderness Area * Economy River Wilderness Area * Eigg Mountain-James River Wilderness Area * French River Wilderness Area * Gabarus Wilderness Area * Gully Lake Wilderness Area * Jim Campbells Barren Wilderness Area * Lake Rossignol Wilderness Area * Liscombe River Wilderness Area * Margaree River Wilderness Area * McGill Lake Wilderness Area * Middle River Wilderness Area * North River Wilderness Area * Ogden Round Lake Wilderness Area * Pollets Cove-Aspy Fault Wilderness Area * Portapique River Wilderness Area * Scatarie Island Wilderness Area * Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area * Sugarloaf Mountain Wilderness Area * Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area * Terence Bay Wilderness Area * The Big Bog Wilderness Area * Tidney River Wilderness Area *

Tobeatic Wilderness Area The Tobeatic Wilderness Area is the largest protected area in the Canadian Maritimes, located in southwestern Nova Scotia. It contains nearly 120,000 hectares of land and spans parts of five counties, Annapolis, Digby, Queens, Shelburne and Yar ...

Waverley–Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area The Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area is a provincial wilderness area located about 20 kilometers east of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth Nova Scotia, Canada. Geographical description The wilderness area represents the Eastern ...

White Lake Wilderness Area The White Lake Wilderness Area is a wilderness area located in Nova Scotia, Canada, in Halifax Regional Municipality. Several trails, all maintained by the Musquodoboit Trailways Association, pass through it; Gibraltar Rock Loop, White Lake Wil ...

Provincial Nature Reserves

there were 70 nature reserves in Nova Scotia. They are ecological sites regulated by the Special Places Protection Act, an Act which also protects archaeological, historical and palaeontological sites. They are areas of special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species, features and natural processes. They are areas that provide educational or research field areas but where recreation is restricted. *

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* Bornish Hill * Duncans Cove * Great Barrens and Quinan Lakes * MacFarlane Woods *

Panuke Lake This is a list of lakes in Nova Scotia. Cape Breton Island All Four Counties * Bras d'Or Lake Cape Breton Regional Municipality * Anse aux Cannes Pond * The Barachois * Bear Cove Pond * Bear Gulch Ponds * Beaverdam Pond * Belle Lake * ...

* Ponhook Lake * Quinns Meadow * River Inhabitants * Roman Valley * Rush Lake * Sloans Lake * Spinneys Heath * Sporting Lake * Washabuck River

Provincial Protected Beaches

* Aulds Cove Beach * Ballantyne Cove Beach * Bartletts Beach * Bayfield Beach * Beach Meadows Beach * Beatty Marsh Beach * Big Pond Beach * Black Point Beach * Bramber Beach * Bridgeport Beach * Cape Jack Beach * Carters Beach * Catalone Gut Beach * Chance Harbour Beach * Cherry Hill Beach * Cheverie Beach * Christies Beach * Church Point Beach * Collindale Beach * Conrods Beach and Lawrencetown Beach * Cooks Cove Beach * Crescent Beach * Dominion Beach * Dunns Beach and Monks Head Beach * Fancys Beach * Florence Beach * Fox Island Main Beach * Fox Point Beach * Framboise Beach * Gabarus Beach * Glace Bay Beach * Green Bay Beach * Hadley Cove Beach * Half Island Beach * Hampton Beach * Harrington Beach * Hirtles Beach * Inverness Beach * Iona Beach * Isaels Cove Beach * Jersey Cove Beach * Johnstons Pond Beach * Kingsburg Beach * Larry's River Beach * Lily Pond Beach * Linwood Beach * Little Dyke Beach * Livingstone Cove Beach * Lower Cove Beach * Lower Debert Beach * Lower East Chezzetcook Beach * Lower Half Island Cove Beach * Lower Ardoise Beach * Mahoneys Beach * Main-A-Dieu Beach * Majors Point Beach * Malcolm Cove Beach * Malignant Cove Beach * Margaree Harbour Beach * McCormacks Beach * Meisners Beach * Merigomish Beach * Middle Harbour Beach * Noonans Beach * North Bay Beach * North Harbour Beach * Partridge Island Beach * Point Michaud Beach * Pomquet Beach * Pondville Beach * Port Greville Beach * Port Hood Beach * Port Morien Beach * Queensport Beach * Ragged Harbour Beach * Riverside Beach * Rockey Bay Beach * Sand Beach * Sand Point Beach * Sand River * Sandy Bay Beach * Schooner Beach * Scots Bay Beach * St. Catherines River Beach * The Hawk Beach * Tor Bay Beach * West Apple River Beach * Westhaver Beach

Provincial Game Sanctuaries

* Blandford * Brule Point * Chignecto * Hackmatac Lake *

Liscomb Game Sanctuary Liscomb Game Sanctuary is a conservation area that straddles the border of Halifax Regional Municipality and Guysborough County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Route 374 runs north–south through the sanctuary. Within the sa ...

* Martinique Beach * Melbourne Lake * Shubenacadie * Spectacle Island Game Sanctuary * Sunnybrea * Upper Clements * Waverley

Provincial Wildlife Management Areas

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Antigonish Antigonish ( ; ) is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Hal ...

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* Dewey Creek * Eastern Shore Islands *

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* Maccan River *

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Minas Basin The Minas Basin () is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides. Geography The Minas Basin forms the eastern part of the Bay of Fundy which splits ...

* Pearl Island *

Scatarie Island Scatarie Island is an island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located off the coast of Baleine, Cape Breton Island. History During the Anglo-French War (1627–29), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Ste ...

* Shubenacadie * Tobeatic

Private Protected Areas

Private Protected Areas are owned by the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, the

Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is a private, non-profit, charitable nature conservation and restoration organisation based in Canada. Since its founding in 1962, the organisation and its partners have protected of land and water acro ...

, the Nova Scotia Bird Society and the Bowater Mersey Paper Company.

References

External links

Parks Canada official site

Nova Scotia Provincial Parks official site

HalifaxTrails.ca - Halifax Parks and Protected Areas
{{Nova Scotia parks

Protected areas Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewoo ...