French River Wilderness Area
46.4428° N, 60.5744° W
French River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 46.4428° N, 60.5744° W
Wilderness area, 242 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/french-river-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).
French River Wilderness Area is a 242 km² wilderness area beside River Bennet, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
8 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Gisborne Flowage (5.52 km²).
- Area
- 242 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 8
Conditions today
15 °C
Observed at Ingonish, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Cloudy. Showers beginning this evening and ending before morning. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 late this evening. Low 10.
Weather: Ingonish (local forecast), as of 1:05 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:41 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:26 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:56 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:59 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:44 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Sydney, as of 3:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gisborne Flowage | 5.52 km² |
| 2 | Wreck Cove Flowage | 3.44 km² |
| 3 | MacDonalds Big Pond | 0.55 km² |
| 4 | Big Lake | 0.36 km² |
| 5 | French River Lakes | 0.35 km² |
| 6 | Barachois Pond | 0.34 km² |
| 7 | South Lake | 0.26 km² |
| 8 | Mathesons Lake | 0.23 km² |
Waterfalls
Rivers
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
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