Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area
44.873° N, 62.7866° W
Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.873° N, 62.7866° W
Wilderness area, 163 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/tangier-grand-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.
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Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area is a 163 km² wilderness area beside River Lake, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
57 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Tangier Grand Lake (8.19 km²).
- Area
- 163 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 57
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
- 6:49 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:19 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:36 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:06 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:08 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:54 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 57 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangier Grand Lake | 8.19 km² |
| 2 | Tangier Lake | 2.19 km² |
| 3 | Taylor Bay Grand Lake | 1.56 km² |
| 4 | Little River Lake | 1.5 km² |
| 5 | River Lake | 1.06 km² |
| 6 | O'Brien Lake | 0.99 km² |
| 7 | Newcombe Lake | 0.9 km² |
| 8 | Bear Lake | 0.66 km² |
| 9 | Northeast Lake | 0.64 km² |
| 10 | Crooked Lake | 0.55 km² |
| 11 | Third Lake | 0.54 km² |
| 12 | Paul Lake | 0.47 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
Photos
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