Big Salmon River
45.4676° N, 65.4043° W
Big Salmon River, New Brunswick. 45.4676° N, 65.4043° W
Protected natural area, 11.2 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/nb/big-salmon-river/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Big Salmon River is a 11.2 km² protected natural area 7.1 km north of Fair View, in New Brunswick. It was established in 2014.
2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Arnold Lake (0.4 km²).
- Area
- 11.2 km²
- Established
- 2014
- Named lakes
- 2
Conditions today
9.9 °C
Observed at Sussex, as of 12:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers early this evening and risk of a thundershower. Clearing this evening. Wind west 20 km/h. Low 6.
Weather: Sussex (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:00 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:30 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:46 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:16 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:19 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:04 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Saint John, as of 2:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Lake | 0.4 km² |
| 2 | Mary Pitcher Lake | 0.17 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Protected natural area
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Forest Planning & Stewardship Branch, Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development, Government of New Brunswick
Names
- Rivière Big SalmonFrench form
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