The Stillwaters Wilderness Area
45.9382° N, 60.0663° W
The Stillwaters Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.9382° N, 60.0663° W
Wilderness area, 29.7 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/the-stillwaters-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).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
The Stillwaters Wilderness Area is a 29.7 km² wilderness area 3.7 km south of Catalone, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
11 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Gull Lake (1.06 km²).
- Area
- 29.7 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 11
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:39 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:09 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:25 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:54 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 5:57 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:42 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
Sydney, as of 6:00 a.m. ADT
In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gull Lake | 1.06 km² |
| 2 | Stewarts Lake | 1 km² |
| 3 | Twelve Mile Lake | 0.8 km² |
| 4 | Morrisons Lake | 0.77 km² |
| 5 | MacAuley Lake | 0.76 km² |
| 6 | Belle Lake | 0.4 km² |
| 7 | Peters Lake | 0.31 km² |
| 8 | Kellys Lake | 0.28 km² |
| 9 | MacPherson Lake | 0.16 km² |
| 10 | MacDonalds Lake | 0.14 km² |
| 11 | Matheson Lakes | 0.1 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