Fourchu Coast Wilderness Area
45.7403° N, 60.2649° W
Fourchu Coast Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.7403° N, 60.2649° W
Wilderness area, 50.5 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/fourchu-coast-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).
Fourchu Coast Wilderness Area is a 50.5 km² wilderness area beside Framboise, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
16 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Belfry Lake (10.8 km²).
- Area
- 50.5 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 16
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:39 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:09 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:26 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:55 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:57 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:43 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Sydney, as of 8:00 a.m. ADT
In the park
The 12 largest of 16 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belfry Lake | 10.8 km² |
| 2 | Crooked Lake | 2.56 km² |
| 3 | St. Esprit Lake | 1.93 km² |
| 4 | Bells Lake | 1.68 km² |
| 5 | MacLeods Ponds | 1.34 km² |
| 6 | Upper Marie Joseph Lake | 0.77 km² |
| 7 | South Arm Breeches Lake | 0.72 km² |
| 8 | Blue Lake | 0.61 km² |
| 9 | Goose Lake | 0.5 km² |
| 10 | Lower Marie Joseph Lake | 0.33 km² |
| 11 | MacKenzie Lake | 0.19 km² |
| 12 | Cricket Lake | 0.14 km² |
Beaches
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
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