Click on a protected area heading, below, to view a list of wilderness areas, nature reserves and heritage rivers.
View our Parks and Protected Areas map.
Wilderness Areas
- Alder Ground
- Archibald Lake
- Baddeck River
- Big Plains
- Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes
- Boggy Lake
- Bonnet Lake Barrens
- Bowers Meadows
- Cains Mountain
- Canso Coastal Barrens
- Cape Mabou
- Carleton River
- Chase Lake
- Chignecto Isthmus
- Clattenburgh Brook
- Cloud Lake
- Denis Lakes
- Devils Jaw
- Douglas Meadow Brook
- Eastern Shore Islands
- Economy River
- Eigg Mountain-James River
- Five Bridge Lakes
- Fourchu Coast
- French River
- Gabarus
- Gully Lake
- Guysborough Headlands
- Holden Lake
- Humes River
- Island Lake
- Jim Campbells Barren
- Katewe’katik
- Kelley River
- Kluscap
- Lake Rossignol
- Liscomb River
- Margaree River
- McGill Lake
- Medway Lakes
- Middle River
- Middle-River Framboise
- Nine Mile Woods
- North Mountain
- North River
- Ogden Round Lake
- Pockwock
- Polletts Cove-Aspy Fault
- Porcupine Lake
- Portapique River
- Port La Tour Bogs
- Pu’tlaqne’katik
- Raven Head
- Rogues Roost
- Roseway River
- Ruiss Noir
- Sackville River
- Scrag Lake
- Scatarie Island
- Shelburne River
- Ship Harbour Long Lake
- Silver River
- Sissiboo River
- South Panuke
- Sugarloaf Mountain
- Tangier Grand Lake
- Terence Bay
- The Big Bog
- The Stillwaters
- Tidney River
- Toadfish Lakes
- Tobeatic
- Tracadie River
- Trout Brook
- Tusket Islands
- Tusket River
- Twelve Mile Stream
- Walton River
- Waverley-Salmon River Long Lake
- Wentworth Valley
- White Lake
Nature Reserves
- Abraham Lake
- Angevine Lake
- Ashfield
- Aylesford Mountain
- Baleine
- Barneys River
- Basque Islands
- Bennery Lake
- Big Meadow Brook
- Black River Bog
- Blandford
- Bornish Hill
- Calvary River
- Cap La Ronde
- Caribou Rivers
- Catalone Lake
- Cedar Lake
- Cherry Hill
- Crows Neck
- Chimney Corner
- Cowan Brook
- Dalhousie Mountain
- Diligent River
- Docherty’s Brook
- Drug Brook
- Duncans Cove
- Dunraven Bog
- Eagles Nest
- East River-St Marys
- Economy Point
- Eighteen Mile Brook
- Fossil Coast
- Ghost Antler
- Glendyer
- Grassy Island
- Great Barren & Quinan Lakes
- Green Island
- Harpers Lake
- Harrison Woods
- Hectanooga Cedar Swamp
- Indian Man Lake
- Irish Cove
- Janvrin Island
- Johnson Lake
- Kennetcook
- Lake Annis
- Lake Egmont
- Lambs Lake
- Les Caps
- Little Beaver Lakes
- Long Lake
- Long Lake Bog
- Loon Lake
- Lyons Marsh
- Macaulays Hill
- MacDonalds Pond
- MacFarlane Woods
- MacKay Brook
- MacLeod Brook
- MacRitchies Brook
- Margaree Brook
- Martin Brook
- Masons Mountain
- Minard Brook
- Montrose
- Mulgrave Hills
- Northwest Brook
- Ohio River
- Old Annapolis Road
- Panuke Lake
- Peppered Moon
- Petite Bog
- Point Michaud
- Ponhook Lake
- Porcupine Brook
- Port L’Hebert
- Quinns Meadow
- Ragged Harbour
- Rawdon River
- River Denys
- River Inhabitants
- Roman Valley
- Rush Lake
- Seal Cove
- Seven Falls
- Shut-in Island
- Sixth and Coades Lakes
- Skull Bog Lake
- Slade Lake
- Sloans Lake
- Smith Lake
- Snowshoe Lakes
- South River
- Southwest Mabou River
- Spinneys Heath
- Sporting Lake
- St. Margarets Bay Islands
- Steepbank Brook
- Sugar Harbour Islands
- Tait Lake
- Tennycape River
- Tiddville
- Tobacco Island
- Torbrook
- Tupper Lake
- Tusket River
- Washabuck River
- Wentworth Lake
- West Branch Medway River
Heritage Rivers
For details about different types of protected areas, visit our Wilderness Areas, Nature Reserves or Heritage Rivers pages.