Cains Mountain Wilderness Area
45.9703° N, 60.9143° W
Cains Mountain Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.9703° N, 60.9143° W
Wilderness area, 5.55 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/cains-mountain-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.
- 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).
Cains Mountain Wilderness Area is a 5.55 km² wilderness area beside St. Columba, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
- Area
- 5.55 km²
- Established
- 2015
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:42 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:12 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:28 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:58 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:00 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:45 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Port Hawkesbury, as of 11:00 a.m. ADT
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- IUCN category
- IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change