The Big Bog Wilderness Area
45.1846° N, 62.0931° W
The Big Bog Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.1846° N, 62.0931° W
Wilderness area, 27.1 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/the-big-bog-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.
- 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).
The Big Bog Wilderness Area is a 27.1 km² wilderness area 3.9 km southwest of Waternish, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Black Brook Lake (0.65 km²).
- Area
- 27.1 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 4
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 6:47 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:16 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:33 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:03 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:05 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:51 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Brook Lake | 0.65 km² |
| 2 | Northwest Arm Lake | 0.18 km² |
| 3 | Long Lake | 0.12 km² |
| 4 | Tom Lake | 0.12 km² |
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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