Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area
44.8099° N, 63.4936° W
Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.8099° N, 63.4936° W
Wilderness area, 89.1 km². Scale bar on the map.
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Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area is a 89.1 km² wilderness area 1.2 km northwest of North Preston, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
26 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Porters Lake (18.4 km²).
- Area
- 89.1 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 26
Conditions today
13.7 °C
Observed at Halifax (Shearwater), 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: Halifax (Shearwater) (local forecast), as of 1:02 a.m. ADT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:52 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:21 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:39 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:09 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:11 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:57 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 26 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porters Lake | 18.4 km² |
| 2 | Lake Major | 3.83 km² |
| 3 | Lake Eagle | 1.05 km² |
| 4 | East Lake | 1.01 km² |
| 5 | Tittle Lake | 0.9 km² |
| 6 | Salmon River Long Lake | 0.79 km² |
| 7 | Lake Williams | 0.77 km² |
| 8 | East Lake | 0.63 km² |
| 9 | Granite Lake | 0.59 km² |
| 10 | Three Mile Lake | 0.53 km² |
| 11 | Loon Lake | 0.4 km² |
| 12 | South Red Trout Lake | 0.27 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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