Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area
44.8784° N, 63.0685° W
Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.8784° N, 63.0685° W
Wilderness area, 166 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/ship-harbour-long-lake-wilderness-area/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- 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).
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Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area is a 166 km² wilderness area beside Musquodoboit Harbour, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2009.
47 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lake Charlotte (18.7 km²).
- Area
- 166 km²
- Established
- 2009
- Named lakes
- 47
Conditions today
13.3 °C
Observed at Beaver Island, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers late this evening and after midnight. Clearing before morning. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 this evening then becoming west 20 overnight. Low 8.
Weather: Beaver Island (local forecast), as of 1:00 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:50 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:38 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:07 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:09 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:55 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 47 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Charlotte | 18.7 km² |
| 2 | Scraggy Lake | 7.08 km² |
| 3 | Admiral Lake | 1.5 km² |
| 4 | Moose Cove Lake | 1.47 km² |
| 5 | Salmon River Lake | 1.37 km² |
| 6 | Ship Harbour Long Lake | 1.3 km² |
| 7 | Logging Lake | 0.91 km² |
| 8 | Island Lake | 0.86 km² |
| 9 | Fishing Lake | 0.71 km² |
| 10 | Richardson Lake | 0.5 km² |
| 11 | Dreadnought Lake | 0.49 km² |
| 12 | Rocky Lake | 0.48 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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