Tusket River Wilderness Area
43.9648° N, 65.8257° W
Tusket River Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 43.9648° N, 65.8257° W
Wilderness area, 17.8 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/tusket-river-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.
- 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 River Wilderness Area is a 17.8 km² wilderness area beside East Canaan, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 2015.
11 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Kegeshook Lake (1.92 km²).
- Area
- 17.8 km²
- Established
- 2015
- Named lakes
- 11
Conditions today
11.7 °C
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
- 7:01 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:30 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:49 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:18 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:20 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:07 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kegeshook Lake | 1.92 km² |
| 2 | Pearl Lake | 1.82 km² |
| 3 | Nepsedek Lake | 1.52 km² |
| 4 | Gillfillan Lake | 1.4 km² |
| 5 | Biggars Lake | 1.31 km² |
| 6 | Rushy Lake | 1.24 km² |
| 7 | Canoe Lake | 1.22 km² |
| 8 | Third Lake | 0.94 km² |
| 9 | Louis Lake | 0.57 km² |
| 10 | Cranberry Lake | 0.39 km² |
| 11 | Gridiron Lake | 0.2 km² |
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
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