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Sloans Lake Nature Reserve

43.9768° N, 65.9207° W

Sloans Lake Nature Reserve, Nova Scotia. 43.9768° N, 65.9207° W

Nature reserve, 1.41 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/sloans-lake-nature-reserve/, 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).

Sloans Lake Nature Reserve is a 1.41 km² nature reserve 1 km west of Canaan, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.

2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Raynards Lake (6.06 km²).

Area
1.41 km²
Established
2015
Named lakes
2

Conditions today

11.7 °C

Mainly ClearWind W 13 km/h

Observed at Yarmouth, as of 1:00 a.m. ADT

Tonight: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this evening and after midnight. Clearing overnight. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 early this evening then becoming west 20 near midnight. Low 9.

Weather: Yarmouth (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:02 a.m.
Sunrise
7:30 a.m.
Sunset
6:50 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:19 p.m.
Moonrise
6:20 a.m.
Moonset
6:07 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Raynards Lake6.06 km²
2Sloans Lake1.51 km²

Official record

Designation
Nature reserve
IUCN category
IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change