Holden Lake Wilderness Area
44.6436° N, 64.4484° W
Holden Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.6436° N, 64.4484° W
Wilderness area, 17 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/holden-lake-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).
Holden Lake Wilderness Area is a 17 km² wilderness area 2.4 km southwest of Seffernville, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2021.
2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Holden Lake (2.18 km²).
- Area
- 17 km²
- Established
- 2021
- Named lakes
- 2
Conditions today
13.4 °C
Observed at Bridgewater, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this evening and after midnight. Clearing overnight. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 early this evening then becoming west 20 near midnight. Low 9.
Weather: Bridgewater (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:56 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:25 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:43 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:12 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:15 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:01 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Kentville, as of 3:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holden Lake | 2.18 km² |
| 2 | Nevertell Lake | 0.67 km² |
Waterfalls
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, Nova Scotia Power Inc.
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