Harpers Lake Nature Reserve
43.8041° N, 65.4669° W
Harpers Lake Nature Reserve, Nova Scotia. 43.8041° N, 65.4669° W
Nature reserve, 3.96 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/harpers-lake-nature-reserve/, 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).
Harpers Lake Nature Reserve is a 3.96 km² nature reserve 4 km southwest of Welshtown, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2023.
3 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Harpers Lake (2.5 km²).
- Area
- 3.96 km²
- Established
- 2023
- Named lakes
- 3
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 7:00 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:29 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:48 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:17 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:18 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:06 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harpers Lake | 2.5 km² |
| 2 | Gold Lake | 1.46 km² |
| 3 | Western Lake | 0.47 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Nature reserve
- IUCN category
- IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
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