Portapique River Wilderness Area
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Nova Scotia /
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/ Canada
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World / Canada / Nova Scotia / Kings
forest, river, wilderness
2,050 hectares - Portapique River Wilderness Area is a small but distinctive patch of wilderness which protects old forests, habitat for a rare fish species, and the waterflows of a provincially-significant salmon river, and tells the story of the province's geological backbone.
The narrow canyon of the Portapique River and its tributaries cut through ancient rocks and expose the heart of the till-mantled, rounded granite hills, in cool, moist ravines facing all points of the compass, with rapid moisture and cold air drainage.
www.gov.ns.ca/nse/protectedareas/wa_portapiqueriver.asp
The narrow canyon of the Portapique River and its tributaries cut through ancient rocks and expose the heart of the till-mantled, rounded granite hills, in cool, moist ravines facing all points of the compass, with rapid moisture and cold air drainage.
www.gov.ns.ca/nse/protectedareas/wa_portapiqueriver.asp
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°30'17"N 63°43'43"W
- CDA Paintball 23 km
- Gully Lake Wilderness Area 49 km
- Hardwoodlands 50 km
- Point Pleasant Park 98 km
- McGill Lake Wilderness Area 137 km
- MacFarlane Woods Nature Preserve 191 km
- Scotty Dog Wood 197 km
- Brassiere Wood 199 km
- Cobequid Bay 20 km
- Noel Bay 22 km
- Masstown 23 km
- Debert Industrial Park 23 km
- MacElmons Pond Provincial Park 26 km
- Debert Wildlife Management Area 27 km
- Hilden 41 km
- Minas Basin 45 km
- Shortts Lake 45 km
- Stanley Airport 47 km