Humes River Wilderness Area
46.0505° N, 61.0115° W
Humes River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 46.0505° N, 61.0115° W
Wilderness area, 36.3 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/humes-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.
- 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).
Humes River Wilderness Area is a 36.3 km² wilderness area beside Bucklaw, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Bras d'Or Lake (1,070 km²).
- Area
- 36.3 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:43 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:12 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:28 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:58 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:01 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:46 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Port Hawkesbury, as of 6:00 a.m. ADT
In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bras d'Or Lake | 1,070 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- IUCN category
- Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change