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Liscomb River Wilderness Area

45.0858° N, 62.1107° W

Liscomb River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.0858° N, 62.1107° W

Wilderness area, 64.6 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/liscomb-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).

Liscomb River Wilderness Area is a 64.6 km² wilderness area 7.5 km west of Liscomb, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.

12 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Big Gaspereaux Lake (3.38 km²).

Area
64.6 km²
Established
1998
Named lakes
12

Sun and moon today

Civil dawn
6:47 a.m.
Sunrise
7:16 a.m.
Sunset
6:34 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:03 p.m.
Moonrise
6:05 a.m.
Moonset
5:51 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Big Gaspereaux Lake3.38 km²
2Hunting Lake1.28 km²
3Yankee Lake1.07 km²
4Dan Lake0.58 km²
5Ladle Lake0.53 km²
6Sinclair Lake0.4 km²
7Malay Lake0.37 km²
8Second Lake0.21 km²
9First Lake0.19 km²
10Juniper Lake0.18 km²
11Eastern Hill Lake0.11 km²
12Fancys Hill Lake0.1 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

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