Pu'tlaqne'katik
44.435° N, 64.814° W
Pu'tlaqne'katik, Nova Scotia. 44.435° N, 64.814° W
Wilderness area, 26.7 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/pu-tlaqne-katik/, 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).
Pu'tlaqne'katik is a 26.7 km² wilderness area beside New Elm, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2009.
9 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Molega Lake (24.5 km²).
- Area
- 26.7 km²
- Established
- 2009
- Named lakes
- 9
Conditions today
13.4 °C
Observed at Bridgewater, 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: Bridgewater (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:57 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:26 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:45 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:14 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:16 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:03 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molega Lake | 24.5 km² |
| 2 | Shingle Lake | 4.66 km² |
| 3 | Seven Mile Lake | 3.33 km² |
| 4 | Pleasant River Lake | 0.95 km² |
| 5 | Beaver Lake | 0.22 km² |
| 6 | Mud Lakes | 0.22 km² |
| 7 | Sugar Lake | 0.22 km² |
| 8 | Fox Lake | 0.17 km² |
| 9 | Fish Weir Lake | 0.13 km² |
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
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