Island Lake Wilderness Area
44.7498° N, 63.9286° W
Island Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.7498° N, 63.9286° W
Wilderness area, 39.2 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/island-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).
Island Lake Wilderness Area is a 39.2 km² wilderness area beside Ingramport, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2025.
14 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Big Indian Lake (6.09 km²).
- Area
- 39.2 km²
- Established
- 2025
- Named lakes
- 14
Conditions today
12 °C
Observed at Halifax, 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: Halifax (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:54 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:23 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:41 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:10 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:12 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:59 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Halifax Downtown, as of 3:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 14 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Indian Lake | 6.09 km² |
| 2 | Island Lake | 2.18 km² |
| 3 | Sandy Lake | 1.12 km² |
| 4 | Bates Lake | 0.74 km² |
| 5 | Clay Lake | 0.64 km² |
| 6 | Rafter Lake | 0.59 km² |
| 7 | Two Mile Lake | 0.47 km² |
| 8 | Green Lake | 0.47 km² |
| 9 | Kieley Lake | 0.21 km² |
| 10 | Snake Lake | 0.17 km² |
| 11 | Big Walsh Lake | 0.16 km² |
| 12 | Muskrat Lakes | 0.16 km² |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
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