Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area
45.2795° N, 61.3375° W
Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.2795° N, 61.3375° W
Wilderness area, 106 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/bonnet-lake-barrens-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.
- 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).
Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area is a 106 km² wilderness area beside Cole Harbour, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
20 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Donahue Lake (3.63 km²).
- Area
- 106 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 20
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:44 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:13 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:30 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:00 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:02 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:48 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Port Hawkesbury, as of 9:00 a.m. ADT
In the park
The 12 largest of 20 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donahue Lake | 3.63 km² |
| 2 | Halfway Cove Lake | 1.81 km² |
| 3 | Bonnet Lake | 1.76 km² |
| 4 | Cooeycoff Lake | 1.17 km² |
| 5 | Smelt Lake | 0.48 km² |
| 6 | Western Big Lake | 0.43 km² |
| 7 | Eastern Big Lake | 0.4 km² |
| 8 | Pine Lake | 0.4 km² |
| 9 | Sand Lake | 0.35 km² |
| 10 | Greenwood Lake | 0.33 km² |
| 11 | Round Lake | 0.28 km² |
| 12 | Square Lake | 0.2 km² |
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- IUCN category
- Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change