White Lake Wilderness Area

White Lake Wilderness Area
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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°WCoordinates: 44°51′09″N 63°11′00″W / 44.85250°N 63.18333°W
Area	4,540 ha (45.4 km^2)
Governing body	Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources

The White Lake Wilderness Area is a wilderness area located in Nova Scotia, Canada, in Halifax Regional Municipality.^[1] Several trails, all owned 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.^[2]

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. ^[3]

Notable features

• Musquodoboit River
• Eunice Lake
• Bayers Lake
• Admiral Lake
• Granite Lake
• Turtle Lake
• White Lake

References

1. "MTA - Musquodoboit Trailways Association". Mta-ns.ca. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
2. "White Lake Wilderness Area | Protected Areas | Nova Scotia Environment". Gov.ns.ca. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
3. http://www.novascotia.ca/nse/protectedareas/wa_whitelake.asp