Guysborough Headlands Wilderness Area

45.1603° N, 61.4762° W

Guysborough Headlands Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.1603° N, 61.4762° W

Wilderness area, 30.1 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/guysborough-headlands-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).

Guysborough Headlands Wilderness Area is a 30.1 km² wilderness area beside Fishermans Harbour, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2025.

4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Fishermans Harbour Lake (0.9 km²).

Conditions today

1 low risk

Port Hawkesbury, as of 9:00 a.m. ADT

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.