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Shepody National Wildlife Area

45.6887° N, 64.7869° W

Shepody National Wildlife Area, New Brunswick. 45.6887° N, 64.7869° W

National wildlife area, 10.7 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/nb/shepody-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).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Shepody National Wildlife Area is a 10.7 km² national wildlife area beside Upper New Horton, in New Brunswick. It was established in 1980.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is New Horton Lake (0.66 km²).

Area
10.7 km²
Established
1980
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

10 °C

Wind W 3 km/h, gusts 27

Observed at Hopewell, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT

Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this evening. Clearing overnight. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming southwest 20 early this evening then becoming west 20 overnight. Low 6.

Weather: Hopewell (local forecast), as of 1:00 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:58 a.m.
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
Sunset
6:44 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:13 p.m.
Moonrise
6:16 a.m.
Moonset
6:01 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

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

In the park

FeatureArea
1New Horton Lake0.66 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
IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region

Photos

Midway Road, Shepody National Wildlife Area (23743146300)
Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shepody National Wildlife Area, New Brunswick (24443883145)
Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shepody National Wildlife Area
Photo: cm195902, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Réserve nationale de faune ShepodyFrench form