Loch Alva
45.285° N, 66.3438° W
Loch Alva, New Brunswick. 45.285° N, 66.3438° W
Protected natural area, 222 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/nb/loch-alva/, 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).
Loch Alva is a 222 km² protected natural area beside Grand Bay-Westfield, in New Brunswick. It was established in 2003.
25 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Loch Alva (7.71 km²).
- Area
- 222 km²
- Established
- 2003
- Named lakes
- 25
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:04 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:33 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:50 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:20 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:23 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:08 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Saint John, as of 10:00 a.m. ADT
In the park
The 12 largest of 25 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loch Alva | 7.71 km² |
| 2 | East Branch Reservoir | 4.78 km² |
| 3 | West Branch Reservoir | 4.54 km² |
| 4 | Seven Mile Lake | 3.16 km² |
| 5 | Sherwood Lake | 2.31 km² |
| 6 | Big Indian Lake | 1.2 km² |
| 7 | Nelson Lake | 0.95 km² |
| 8 | Menzies Lake | 0.93 km² |
| 9 | Turtle Lake | 0.78 km² |
| 10 | Eagle Lake | 0.75 km² |
| 11 | Perch Lake | 0.74 km² |
| 12 | Belvidere Lake | 0.68 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
- Lac AlvaFrench form