The White Lake Wilderness Area is a wilderness area located in Nova Scotia, Canada, in Halifax Regional Municipality.[2] Several trails, all maintained by the Musquodoboit Trailways Association, pass through it; Gibraltar Rock Loop, White Lake Wilderness Trails, the Musquodoboit Rail Trail, the Bayers Lake Loop, and the Admiral Lake loop.[3] Access to much of the remainder of the wilderness area is possible only by canoe, requiring multiple portages to get to some of the more remote lakes.
| White Lake Wilderness Area | |
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 The western shoreline of Sparrow Lake, located in the White Lake Wilderness Area | |
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| Location | Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nearest city | Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 44°51′09″N 63°11′00″W / 44.85250°N 63.18333°W |
| Area | 4,540 ha (45.4 km2) |
| Governing body | Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources |
The Wilderness area was established in the early 1990s as a commitment to protect certain areas of Nova Scotia that displayed unique terrain, fauna and/or flora. In the case of the White Lake Wilderness Area, this flora and fauna is rugged, lake-strewn, conifer forest. Inside the wilderness area are some 350-million-year-old bare granite ridges and knolls, White Spruce and Balsam Fir forests, with some groves of 100-year-old hemlock and the occasional large White Pine. Hardwoods, including White Birch, Red Maple, and Sugar Maple, can be found in some of the more protected valleys. [4]
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edit- ^ UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for White Lake Wilderness Area". World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "MTA - Musquodoboit Trailways Association". Mta-ns.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "White Lake Wilderness Area | Protected Areas | Nova Scotia Environment". Gov.ns.ca. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "White Lake Wilderness Area | Protected Areas". April 2009.