Kelley River Wilderness Area
45.6013° N, 64.4193° W
Kelley River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.6013° N, 64.4193° W
Wilderness area, 210 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/kelley-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.
- 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).
Kelley River Wilderness Area is a 210 km² wilderness area beside Athol, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2012.
3 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Harrison Lake (1.47 km²).
- Area
- 210 km²
- Established
- 2012
- Named lakes
- 3
Conditions today
10.5 °C
Observed at Parrsboro, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Showers ending late this evening then clearing. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 early this evening then becoming west 20 near midnight. Low 8.
Weather: Parrsboro (local forecast), as of 1:01 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:56 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:26 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:42 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:12 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:15 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:00 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Kentville, as of 4:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrison Lake | 1.47 km² |
| 2 | Welton Lake | 0.32 km² |
| 3 | Long Lake | 0.22 km² |
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
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