Big Plains Wilderness Area
45.1842° N, 61.8426° W
Big Plains Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.1842° N, 61.8426° W
Wilderness area, 21.2 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/big-plains-wilderness-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.
- 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).
Big Plains Wilderness Area is a 21.2 km² wilderness area 3.7 km northwest of Harpellville, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2025.
4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Bull Ridge Lake (0.57 km²).
- Area
- 21.2 km²
- Established
- 2025
- Named lakes
- 4
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 6:46 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:15 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:32 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:02 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:04 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:50 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Ridge Lake | 0.57 km² |
| 2 | Head Lakes | 0.55 km² |
| 3 | Little Indian River Lake | 0.22 km² |
| 4 | Hardwood Lake | 0.18 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change