Rogues Roost Wilderness Area
44.4896° N, 63.7536° W
Rogues Roost Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.4896° N, 63.7536° W
Wilderness area, 12 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/rogues-roost-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).
Rogues Roost Wilderness Area is a 12 km² wilderness area beside Lower Prospect, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Dadies Lake (0.12 km²).
- Area
- 12 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
12 °C
Observed at Halifax, 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: Halifax (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:53 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:22 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:41 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:10 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:12 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:58 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Halifax Downtown, as of 3:00 a.m. ADT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dadies Lake | 0.12 km² |
Beaches
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
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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