White Lake Wilderness Area
44.8583° N, 63.1576° W
White Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 44.8583° N, 63.1576° W
Wilderness area, 51.2 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/white-lake-wilderness-area/, compiled October 9, 2026
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- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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White Lake Wilderness Area is a 51.2 km² wilderness area 2 km northwest of Musquodoboit Harbour, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
22 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Admiral Lake (1.5 km²).
- Area
- 51.2 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 22
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
- 6:51 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:38 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:07 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:09 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:56 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 22 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiral Lake | 1.5 km² |
| 2 | Salmon River Lake | 1.37 km² |
| 3 | Grand Lake | 1.18 km² |
| 4 | Logging Lake | 0.91 km² |
| 5 | Gibraltar Lake | 0.89 km² |
| 6 | McCaffrey Long Lake | 0.5 km² |
| 7 | White Lake | 0.45 km² |
| 8 | Bayer Lake | 0.39 km² |
| 9 | Rocky Lake | 0.32 km² |
| 10 | Chain of Lakes | 0.28 km² |
| 11 | Spider Lake | 0.24 km² |
| 12 | Catamaran Lakes | 0.22 km² |
Waterfalls
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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