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Tusket Islands Wilderness Area

43.7346° N, 65.9993° W

Tusket Islands Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 43.7346° N, 65.9993° W

Wilderness area, 7.06 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ns/tusket-islands-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.
  • 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).

Tusket Islands Wilderness Area is a 7.06 km² wilderness area beside Morris Island, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.

Area
7.06 km²
Established
2015

Sun and moon today

Civil dawn
7:02 a.m.
Sunrise
7:31 a.m.
Sunset
6:50 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:19 p.m.
Moonrise
6:21 a.m.
Moonset
6:08 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

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