Sissiboo River Wilderness Area
44.4169° N, 65.8796° W
Sissiboo River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.4169° N, 65.8796° W
Wilderness area, 12 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/sissiboo-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).
Sissiboo River Wilderness Area is a 12 km² wilderness area beside Sissiboo Falls, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Ameros Lake (0.61 km²).
- Area
- 12 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 2
Conditions today
11.9 °C
Observed at Brier Island, 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: Brier Island (local forecast), as of 4:08 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:02 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:31 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:49 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:18 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:20 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:07 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ameros Lake | 0.61 km² |
| 2 | Dunbar Lake | 0.18 km² |
Rivers
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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