White Lake Wilderness Area
| White Lake Wilderness Area | |
|---|---|
 The western shoreline of Sparrow Lake, located in the White Lake Wilderness Area | |
| Location | Nova Scotia,Canada |
| Nearest city | Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia,Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 44°51′09″N63°11′00″W/ 44.85250°N 63.18333°W |
| Area | 4,540 ha (45.4 km2) |
| Governing body | Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources |
TheWhite Lake Wilderness Areais awilderness arealocated inNova Scotia,Canada,inHalifax Regional Municipality.[1]Several trails, all maintained by theMusquodoboit 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]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.
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 baregraniteridges and knolls,White SpruceandBalsam Firforests, with some groves of 100-year-oldhemlockand the occasional largeWhite Pine.Hardwoods, includingWhite Birch,Red Maple,andSugar Maple,can be found in some of the more protected valleys.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^"MTA - Musquodoboit Trailways Association".Mta-ns.ca.Retrieved2012-05-27.
- ^"White Lake Wilderness Area | Protected Areas | Nova Scotia Environment".Gov.ns.ca. 2009-04-01.Retrieved2012-05-27.
- ^"White Lake Wilderness Area | Protected Areas".April 2009.
