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Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area

45.9125° N, 66.3155° W

Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area, New Brunswick. 45.9125° N, 66.3155° W

National wildlife area, 28.7 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/nb/portobello-creek-national-wildlife-area/, 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.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • 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).

Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area is a 28.7 km² national wildlife area beside Sheffield, in New Brunswick. It was established in 1995.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Indian Lake (11.9 km²).

Area
28.7 km²
Established
1995
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

10.8 °C

Mainly ClearWind SW 13 km/h, gusts 28

Observed at Oromocto, as of Thu 10:20 p.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: Oromocto (local forecast), as of 12:05 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:04 a.m.
Sunrise
7:34 a.m.
Sunset
6:50 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:19 p.m.
Moonrise
6:23 a.m.
Moonset
6:07 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Fredericton, as of 2:00 a.m. ADT

In the park

FeatureArea
1Indian Lake11.9 km²

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
National wildlife area
IUCN category
Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region

Names

  • Réserve nationale de faune du Ruisseau-PortobelloFrench form