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Scrag Lake Wilderness Area

44.5873° N, 64.9248° W

Scrag Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.5873° N, 64.9248° W

Wilderness area, 19.6 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/scrag-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).

Scrag Lake Wilderness Area is a 19.6 km² wilderness area 1.5 km south of Lake Pleasant, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.

5 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Rae Lake (0.37 km²).

Area
19.6 km²
Established
2015
Named lakes
5

Conditions today

7.3 °C

Wind calm

Observed at Kejimkujik (National Park), as of 4:00 a.m. ADT

Tonight: Showers ending late this evening then clearing. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 early this evening then becoming west 20 near midnight. Low 8.

Weather: Kejimkujik (National Park) (local forecast), as of 4:00 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:58 a.m.
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
Sunset
6:45 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:14 p.m.
Moonrise
6:17 a.m.
Moonset
6:03 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Rae Lake0.37 km²
2Scrag Lake0.33 km²
3Little Round Lake0.24 km²
4Wild Duck Lake0.13 km²
5Central 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