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Devils Jaw Wilderness Area

45.0052° N, 63.7395° W

Devils Jaw Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.0052° N, 63.7395° W

Wilderness area, 28.3 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/devils-jaw-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).
  • 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).

Devils Jaw Wilderness Area is a 28.3 km² wilderness area 1.1 km northeast of Hillsvale, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.

6 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Long Lake (4.36 km²).

Area
28.3 km²
Established
2015
Named lakes
6

Sun and moon today

Civil dawn
6:53 a.m.
Sunrise
7:23 a.m.
Sunset
6:40 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:09 p.m.
Moonrise
6:12 a.m.
Moonset
5:58 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Long Lake4.36 km²
2Cockscomb Lake1.51 km²
3Pigott Lake0.89 km²
4McGrath Lake0.78 km²
5Big Lake0.18 km²
6Birch Bark Lake0.13 km²

Official record

Designation
Wilderness area
IUCN category
Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change