Kluscap Wilderness Area
46.3064° N, 60.4622° W
Kluscap Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 46.3064° N, 60.4622° W
Wilderness area, 27.8 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/kluscap-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).
Kluscap Wilderness Area is a 27.8 km² wilderness area beside New Campbellton, 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
- 27.8 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
15.3 °C
Observed at Sydney, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy late this evening with showers. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 near midnight. Low 11.
Weather: Sydney (local forecast), as of 1:03 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:40 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:11 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:26 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:56 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:58 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:43 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Sydney, as of 3:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bras d'Or Lake | 1,070 km² |
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
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