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Sable Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary

43.9792° N, 59.7553° W

Sable Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nova Scotia. 43.9792° N, 59.7553° W

Migratory bird sanctuary, 31 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/sable-island-migratory-bird-sanctuary/, 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.

Sable Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a 31 km² migratory bird sanctuary 165 km southeast of Dover, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1977.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Lake Wallace (0.1 km²).

Area
31 km²
Established
1977
Named lakes
1

Sun and moon today

Civil dawn
6:37 a.m.
Sunrise
7:06 a.m.
Sunset
6:25 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:54 p.m.
Moonrise
5:55 a.m.
Moonset
5:42 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Lake Wallace0.1 km²

Official record

Designation
Migratory bird sanctuary
IUCN category
Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region

Names

  • Refuge d’oiseaux de l’Île de SableFrench form