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Portapique River Wilderness Area

45.4969° N, 63.7327° W

Portapique River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.4969° N, 63.7327° W

Wilderness area, 30.3 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/portapique-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.
  • 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).

Portapique River Wilderness Area is a 30.3 km² wilderness area 1 km northeast of Castlereagh, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Gamble Lake (0.11 km²).

Area
30.3 km²
Established
1998
Named lakes
1

Conditions today

10.5 °C

Wind W 3 km/h

Observed at Economy, 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: Economy (local forecast), as of 1:00 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:53 a.m.
Sunrise
7:23 a.m.
Sunset
6:40 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:09 p.m.
Moonrise
6:12 a.m.
Moonset
5:57 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Gamble Lake0.11 km²

Official record

Designation
Wilderness area
IUCN category
Ib, Wilderness areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change