Location Nova Scotia, Canada Province Nova Scotia | Area 45.4 km² | |
Nearest city Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia Governing body Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Address Musquodoboit Harbour, NS B0J 2L0, Canada Similar Ship Harbour Long Lak, Dollar Lake Provincial Park, Martinique Beach Provincial | ||
The White Lake Wilderness Area is a wilderness area located in Nova Scotia, Canada, in Halifax Regional Municipality. 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.
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.