National parks

Parks administered by Parks Canada

Parks Canada

Parks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...

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• Cape Breton Highlands National Park
  Cape Breton Highlands National Park
  Cape Breton Highlands National Park is located on northern Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia. One-third of the Cabot Trail passes through the park featuring spectacular ocean and mountain views. The park was the first National Park in the Atlantic provinces of Canada and covers an...
  
  
• Kejimkujik National Park
  Kejimkujik National Park
  Kejimkujik National Park is part of the Canadian National Parks system, located in the province of Nova Scotia...
  
  

National Wildlife Areas

Protected areas administered by Canadian Wildlife Service

Canadian Wildlife Service

The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS is a branch of the Department of the Environment, also known as Environment Canada, a department of the Government of Canada....

• Boot Island National Wildlife Area* (1.44 km²)
• Chignecto National Wildlife Area* (4.10 km²)
• John Lusby National Wildlife Area* (10.20 km²)
• Sand Pond National Wildlife Area (5.32 km²)
• Sea Wolf Island National Wildlife Area (0.41 km²)
• Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area (5.83 km²)

National Migratory Bird Sanctuaries

Protected areas administered by Canadian Wildlife Service

Canadian Wildlife Service

The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS is a branch of the Department of the Environment, also known as Environment Canada, a department of the Government of Canada....

• Big Glace Bay Lake (240 ha)
• Kentville (200 ha)
• Port L'Hebert (350 ha)
• Port Joli (280 ha)
• Sable River (260 ha)
• Amherst Point (429 ha)
• Sable Island
  Sable Island
  Sable Island is a small Canadian island situated 300 km southeast of mainland Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is a year-round home to approximately five people...
  
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• Haley Lake (100 ha)

Provincial Parks (Operational, Designated)

Parks administered by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources:

• Amherst Shore Provincial Park
• Annapolis Basin Look Off
• Anthony Provincial Park
• Arisaig Provincial Park
• Balmoral Mills Provincial Park
• Barachois Provincial Park
• Battery Provincial Park
• Bayfield Provincial Park
• Bayswater Beach Provincial Park
• Beaver Mountain Provincial Park
• Ben Eoin Provincial Park
• Black Duck Cove Provincial Park
• Blomidon Provincial Park
  Blomidon Provincial Park
  Blomidon Provincial Park is a camping and day-use park located at Cape Blomidon on the shores of the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its hiking and spectacular views over the world's highest tides. Blomidon is located on 1,875 acres of land with 600 ft high cliffs...
  
  
• Boylston Provincial Park
• Bras d'Or Provincial Park
• Burnt Island Provincial Park
• Bush Island Provincial Park
• Cabots Landing Provincial Park
• Caddell Rapids Look-off
• Camerons Brook Provincial Park
• Cape Chignecto Provincial Park
  Cape Chignecto Provincial Park
  Cape Chignecto Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park located in Nova Scotia. A wilderness park, it derives its name from Cape Chignecto, a prominent headland which divides the Bay of Fundy with Chignecto Bay to the north and the Minas Channel leading to the Minas Basin to the east...
  
  
• Cape Smokey Provincial Park
• Card Lake Provincial Park
• Caribou/Munroes Island Provincial Park
• Central Grove Provincial Park
• Clairmont Provincial Park
• Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park
• Cleveland Beach Provincial Park
• Coldbrook Provincial Park
• Cookville Provincial Park
• Cottage Cove Provincial Park
• Dalem Lake Provincial Park
  Dalem Lake Provincial Park
  Dalem Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Boularderie Island.Straddling the county line between Victoria and Cape Breton counties, the park is located in the communities of Dalem Lake and New Dominion and is adjacent to the communities of Big...
  
  
• Dollar Lake Provincial Park
  Dollar Lake Provincial Park
  Dollar Lake Provincial Park is a seasonal Provincial Park located in the Musquodoboit Valley area of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada in the community of Wyses Corner, Nova Scotia , 22 kilometres from the Halifax International Airport, on the Old Guysborough Road .The park...
  
  
• Dominion Beach Provincial Park
• Dundee Provincial Park
• East River Provincial Park
• Elderbank Provincial Park
• Ellenwood Lake Provincial Park
• Falls Lake Provincial Park
• Fancy Lake Provincial Park
• Five Islands Provincial Park
• Fox Harbour Provincial Park
• Glenwood Provincial Park
• Graves Island Provincial Park
• Green Hill Look-off
• Groves Point Provincial Park
• Gulf Shore Provincial Park
• Heather Beach Provincial Park
• Hubbards Provincial Park
• Irish Cove Provincial Park
• Lake George Provincial Park
• Lake Midway Provincial Park
• Lake O'Law Provincial Park
• Laurie Provincial Park
• Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park
• Lennox Passage Provincial Park
• Lewis Lake Provincial Park
• Lochiel Lake Provincial Park
• Londonderry Provincial Park
• Long Lake Provincial Park
  Long Lake Provincial Park (Nova Scotia)
  Long Lake Provincial Park is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1980 by then Premier John Buchanan when Halifax's water supply was shifted from the Spruce Hill/Long Lake/Chain Lakes watershed to the Pockwock Lake watershed near Hammonds Plains. The park itself...
  
  
• Long Point Provincial Park
• Lumsden Pond Provincial Park
• Mabou Provincial Park
• MacCormack Beach Provincial Park
• Maitland Provincial Park
• Marie Joseph Provincial Park
• Martinique Beach Provincial Park
• Mavillette Beach Provincial Park
• McCormacks Beach Provincial Park
• MacElmons Pond Provincial Park
• Melmerby Beach Provincial Park
  Melmerby Beach Provincial Park
  Melmerby Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located on the province's North Shore fronting the Northumberland Strait approximately northeast of New Glasgow...
  
  
• Mira River Provincial Park
• Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park
• Mount Uniacke Provincial Park
• Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park
• Newville Lake Provincial Park
• Ninevah Provincial Park
• North River Provincial Park
• Northport Beach Provincial Park
• Oakfield Provincial Park
• Petersfield Provincial Park
• Plaster Provincial Park
• Point Michaud Beach Provincial Park
• Pomquet Beach Provincial Park
• Pondville Beach Provincial Park
• Port Hood Beach Provincial Park
• Port Maitland Beach Provincial Park
• Port Shoreham Beach Provincial Park
• Porters Lake Provincial Park
• Powells Point Provincial Park
• Queensland Beach Provincial Park
• Rainbow Haven Beach Provincial Park
• Rissers Beach Provincial Park
• Ross Ferry Provincial Park
• Rushtons Beach Provincial Park
• Sable River Provincial Park
• Salsman Provincial Park
• Salt Springs Provincial Park
• Sand Hills Beach Provincial Park
• Savary Provincial Park
• Scots Bay Provincial Park
• Second Peninsula Provincial Park
• Sherbrooke Provincial Park
• Shinimicas Provincial Park
• Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park
• Smileys Provincial Park
• Smuggler's Cove Provincial Park
• Southwest Margaree Provincial Park
• Spry Bay Provincial Park
• St Anns Provincial Park
• Summerville Beach Provincial Park
• Tatamagouche Provincial Park
• Taylor Head Provincial Park
• Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park
• The Islands Provincial Park
• Thomas H. Raddall Provincial Park
• Tidnish Dock Provincial Park
• Tor Bay Provincial Park
• Trout Brook Provincial Park
• Uisage Ban Falls Provincial Park
• Upper Clements Provincial Park
• Valleyview Provincial Park
• Waterside Provincial Park
• Wentworth Provincial Park
• Whycocomagh Provincial Park

Provincial Wilderness Areas

• Alder Grounds Wilderness Area
• Boggy Lake Wilderness Area
• Bonnet Lake Barrens Wilderness Area
• Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area
• Canso Coastal Barrens Wilderness Area
• Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area
• Cloud Lake Wilderness Area
• Economy River Wilderness Area
• Eigg Mountain-James River Wilderness Area
• French River Wilderness Area
• Gabarus Wilderness Area
• Gully Lake Wilderness Area
• Jim Campbells Barren Wilderness Area
• Lake Rossignol Wilderness Area
• Liscombe River Wilderness Area
• Margaree River Wilderness Area
• McGill Lake Wilderness Area
• Middle River Wilderness Area
• North River Wilderness Area
• Ogden Round Lake Wilderness Area
• Pollets Cove-Aspy Fault Wilderness Area
• Portapique River Wilderness Area
• Scatarie Island Wilderness Area
  Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia
  Scatarie Island is an island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located off the coast of Baleine, Cape Breton Island.- History :During the Anglo-French War , under Charles 1, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton...
  
  
• Sugarloaf Mountain Wilderness Area
• Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area
• Terrence Bay Wilderness Area
• The Big Bog Wilderness Area
• Tidney River Wilderness Area
• Tobeatic Wilderness Area
• Waverley-Salmon River Wilderness Area
• White Lake Wilderness Area

Provincial Nature Reserves

• Abraham Lake
• Bornish Hill
• Duncans Cove
  Duncan's Cove, Nova Scotia
  Duncan's Cove is a small rural community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on the Ketch Harbour Road , 19 kilometers from Halifax. The community is located beside Chebucto Head, the prominent coastal headland.-History:Duncan's Cove...
  
  
• Great Barrens and Quinnan Lakes
• MacFarlane Woods
• Panuke Lake
  Panuke Lake
  Panuke Lake is a lake of West Hants, in Nova Scotia, Canada.-References:*...
  
  
• Ponhook Lake
• Quinns Meadow
• River Inhabitants
• Roman Valley
• Spinneys Heath
• Sporting Lake
• Washabuck River

Provincial Protected Beaches

• Aulds Cove Beach
• Ballantyne Cove Beach
• Bartletts Beach
• Bayfield Beach
• Beach Meadows Beach
• Beatty Marsh Beach
• Big Pond Beach
• Black Point Beach
• Bramber Beach
• Bridgeport Beach
• Cape Jack Beach
• Carters Beach
  Carters Beach
  Carters Beach is a small town on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, located 6 kilometres West of Westport on State Highway 67a. Carters Beach is the only sheltered sandy beach on the West Coast suitable for swimming. An 18-hole golf course and Westport airport are located nearby...
  
  
• Catalone Gut Beach
• Chance Harbour Beach
• Cherry Hill Beach
• Cheverie Beach
• Christies Beach
• Church Point Beach
• Collindale Beach
• Conrods Beach and Lawrencetown Beach
• Cooks Cove Beach
• Crecent Beach
• Dominion Beach
• Dunns Beach and Monks Head Beach
• Fancys Beach
• Florence Beach
• Fox Island Main Beach
• Fox Point Beach
• Framboise Beach
• Gabarus Beach
• Glace Bay Beach
• Green Bay Beach
• Hadley Cove Beach
• Half Island Beach
• Hampton Beach
• Harrington Beach
• Hirtles Beach
• Inverness Beach
• Iona Beach
• Isaels Cove Beach
• Jersey Cove Beach
• Johnstons Pond Beach
• Kingsburg Beach
• Larry's River Beach
• Lily Pond Beach
• Linwood Beach
• Little Dyke Beach
• Livingstone Cove Beach
• Lower Cove Beach
• Lower Debert Beach
• Lower East Chezzetcook Beach
• Lower Half Island Cove Beach
• Lower Ardoise Beach
• Mahoneys Beach
• Main-A-Dieu Beach
• Majors Point Beach
• Malcolm Cove Beach
• Malignant Cove Beach
• Margaree Harbour Beach
• McCormacks Beach
• Meisners Beach
• Merigomish Beach
• Middle Harbour Beach
• Noonans Beach
• North Bay Beach
• North Harbour Beach
• Partridge Island Beach
• Point Michaud Beach
• Pomquet Beach
• Pondville Beach
• Port Greville Beach
• Port Hood Beach
• Port Morien Beach
• Queensport Beach
• Ragged Harbour Beach
• Riverside Beach
• Rockey Bay Beach
• Sand Beach
• Sand Point Beach
• Sand River
• Sandy Bay Beach
• Schooner Beach
• Scots Bay Beach
• St. Catherines River Beach
• The Hawk Beach
• Tor Bay Beach
• West Apple River Beach
• Westhaver Beach

Provincial Game Sanctuaries

• Blandford
• Brule Point
• Chignecto
• Hackmatac Lake
• Liscomb
  Liscomb, Nova Scotia
  Liscomb is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Saint Mary's in Guysborough County.-References:*...
  
  
• Martinique Beach
• Melbourne Lake
• Shubenacadie
  Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
  Shubenacadie is a community located in Hants County, in central Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2006, the population was 2,074.In the Micmac language, Shubenacadie means "abounding in ground nuts" or "place where the red potato Shubenacadie (['ʃuːbə'nækədiː]) is a community located in Hants County, in...
  
  
• Spectacle Island
  Tusket Islands
  The Tusket Islands are a number of islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.The islands stretch along the coast from Pinkney's Point to Wedgeport and include:* Allen Island* Pease Island* Spectacle Island* Ellenwood Island...
  
  
• Sunnybrea
• Upper Clements
• Waverley
  Waverley, Nova Scotia
  Waverley is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located about 20 minutes from Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. It has a rich history in gold mining.-History:...
  
  

Provincial Wildlife Management Areas

• Abercrombie
  Abercrombie, Nova Scotia
  Abercrombie is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County.-References:*...
  
  
• Antigonish
• Debert
• Dewey Creek
• Eastern Shore Islands
• Hibernia
  Hibernia
  Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name Hibernia was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe , Pytheas of Massilia called the island Ierne . In his book Geographia Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of...
  
  
• Maccan River
  Maccan River
  The Maccan River is a small tidal river contained completely within Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The river terminates at the confluence with River Hebert at Amherst Point, and empties into the Cumberland Basin. The river's tidal bore may be viewed from the Tidal Wetlands Park in...
  
  
• Manganese Mines
• Minas Basin
  Minas Basin
  The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides.- Geography :- Boundary :...
  
  
• Pearl Island
• Scatarie Island
• Shubenacadie
  Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
  Shubenacadie is a community located in Hants County, in central Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2006, the population was 2,074.In the Micmac language, Shubenacadie means "abounding in ground nuts" or "place where the red potato Shubenacadie (['ʃuːbə'nækədiː]) is a community located in Hants County, in...
  
  
• Tobeatic

Municipal Protected Areas

Municipalities own many small parks but also operate de facto

De facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning fact." In law, it often means "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established." It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or...

 protected areas in the form of protected municipal water supply areas.

Private Protected Areas

Private Protected Areas are owned by Nova Scotia Nature Trust, the Nature Conservancy of Canada

Nature Conservancy of Canada

Nature Conservancy of Canada is a Canadian private not-for-profit charitable environmental organisation established in 1962. The NCC works to achieve the direct protection of what they deem as Canada's most important natural treasures through property securement and long-term stewardship of...

 the Nova Scotia Bird Society and Bowater Mersey Paper Company

See also

• List of National Parks of Canada
• List of Canadian provincial parks
• List of parks in the Halifax Regional Municipality

External links

• Parks Canada official site
• Nova Scotia Provincial Parks official site