McGill Lake Wilderness Area
44.6937° N, 65.0308° W
McGill Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.6937° N, 65.0308° W
Wilderness area, 6.54 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/mcgill-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.
- 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).
McGill Lake Wilderness Area is a 6.54 km² wilderness area beside Big Molly Upsim Lake, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Big Molly Upsim Lake (6.07 km²).
- Area
- 6.54 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 2
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 6:58 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:27 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:46 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:15 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:17 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:03 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Molly Upsim Lake | 6.07 km² |
| 2 | McGill Lake | 3.1 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- IUCN category
- IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
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