Shelburne River Wilderness Area
44.2489° N, 65.2563° W
Shelburne River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.2489° N, 65.2563° W
Wilderness area, 34.5 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/shelburne-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.
- 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).
Shelburne River Wilderness Area is a 34.5 km² wilderness area 14 km northwest of Jordan Lake, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2009.
7 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Rossignol (153 km²).
- Area
- 34.5 km²
- Established
- 2009
- Named lakes
- 7
Conditions today
5.4 °C
Observed at Kejimkujik (National Park), as of 8:00 a.m. ADT
Today: Sunny this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Wind west 20 km/h becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 near noon. High 17. UV index 3 or moderate.
Weather: Kejimkujik (National Park) (local forecast), as of 8:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:59 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:28 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:47 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:16 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:18 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:05 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Rossignol | 153 km² |
| 2 | Tobeatic Lake | 8.62 km² |
| 3 | Irving Lake | 1.56 km² |
| 4 | Little Tupper Lake | 1.39 km² |
| 5 | Sand Lake | 1.31 km² |
| 6 | Pebbleloggitch Lake | 0.33 km² |
| 7 | Dunn Lake | 0.23 km² |
Waterfalls
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