List of protected areas of New Brunswick explained

This is a list of protected natural areas of New Brunswick. For other areas see List of historic places in New Brunswick.

Provincial statute

Provincial parks are managed provincially by Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture or the Department of Natural Resources. Under the New Brunswick Parks Act, provincial parks are protected from environmental encroachment, and mining, quarries and logging activities are prohibited, per amendments to the Act approved in June, 2014.[1] The wording of the Act, at the time it was enacted, included the following:

Protected areas

National parks

The following are National Parks of Canada in New Brunswick.

Official NameClosest MunicipalityCountyYear designatedSize km²Notes
Fundy National ParkAlmaAlbert1948206
Kouchibouguac National ParkRichibuctoKent1969239

Provincial parks

This is a list of current provincial parks in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.[2] These provincial parks are maintained by the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. There have been many other provincial parks.

NameCountyEstablishedCommons categoryPictureCoordinates
Bonar Law Provincial ParkKent
Cape Enrage Provincial ParkAlbert
Castalia Provincial ParkCharlotte
Doak House Provincial ParkNorthumberland
Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial ParkSaint John
Herring Cove Provincial ParkCharlotte
Hopewell Rocks Provincial ParkAlbertHopewell Rocks
Lepreau Falls Provincial ParkCharlotte1956
MacDonald Farm Provincial ParkNorthumberland
Mactaquac Provincial ParkYork1965Mactaquac Provincial Park
Ministers Island Provincial ParkCharlotte
Miscou Provincial ParkGloucester
Mount Carleton Provincial ParkRestigouche,
Northumberland		Mount Carleton Provincial Park
Murray Beach Provincial ParkWestmorland1959Murray Beach Provincial Park
New River Beach Provincial ParkCharlotte1959
Oak Bay Provincial ParkCharlotte1955
Parlee Beach Provincial ParkWestmorlandParlee Beach Provincial Park
République Provincial ParkMadawaskaParc provincial de la République
Saint Croix Provincial ParkCharlotte
Sheriff Andrews House Provincial ParkCharlotte
Sugarloaf Provincial ParkRestigouche
The Anchorage Provincial ParkCharlotte
Val-Comeau Provincial ParkGloucester
Village Historique Acadien Provincial ParkGloucester

Protected natural areas

A Protected Natural Area (PNA) is a sanctuary set aside for its unusual or significant local characteristics. Logging is prohibited in all PNAs. Six of the more than 200 PNAs are Class I, allowing access only for scientific research and education and requiring a permit to visit; the remainder are Class II, allowing hunting, fishing, snaring, and light recreational activities like hiking and camping.[3] PNAs sometimes overlap provincial game refuges and wildlife management areas.

With the proclamation of the Protected Natural Areas Act in 2003, 30 existing conservation and ecological areas were converted to PNAs, 20 Class I and 10 Class II. In 2008 most Class I PNAs were downgraded and more than thirty new reserves were added, with two existing PNAs merged and another one split. More than 140 new PNAs were set aside in 2014 by the outgoing Alward government.

Denotes Class I PNA
Official NameClosest MunicipalityCountydesignatedSize km2Description/Notes
Adder LakesNorthumberland2014
AllardvilleBathurstGloucester2014
AndersonvilleCharlotte2014
Angle Hill LakeCarleton2014
Ayers Lake StreamYork2014
Baillie SettlementCharlotte2008
Baker BrookHaut-MadawaskaMadawaska2014
BantalorYork2014
Bass BrookGloucester2014
Bass RiverGloucester2014
Bay du Vin IslandNorthumberland2003downgraded 2008
Becaguimec StreamCarleton2014
BellefondNorthumberland2014
BellevilleCarleton2014
Bells BrookRestigouche2014
Belone BrookRestigouche2014
Berry BrookKedgwickRestigouche2008
Big Bald MountainNorthumberland2008
Big Cedar BrookRestigouche2014
Big FallsYork2014
Big MeadowsAlbert2014
Big Rocky BrookNorthumberland2008
Big Salmon RiverSaint John2014
Black RiverKent,
Northumberland		2003
Blind BrookKent2014
Blind Gully BrookVictoria2014
Blue MountainVictoria2003downgraded 2008
Blueberry BrookRestigouche2014
Boland BrookRestigouche2014
BrantvilleNorthumberland2014
BrookvaleQueens2014
Bull Pasture BogSunbury2008part of Grand Lake Meadows 2003
Burgess SettlementVictoria2014
Burpee LakeSunbury2014
Butte à MorrisonGloucester2014
Cains RiverYork2008
Caledonia GorgeRiverside-AlbertAlbert2003
Canaan BogKent,
Queens,
Westmorland		2003
Canoose FlowageCharlotte2003
Carr Falls BrookYork2014
Cat RoadAlbert2014
Caughey-TaylorCharlotte2014
Clark PointCharlotte2014
Clarke BrookCarleton2008downgraded 2008
Connors BrookRestigouche2014
Cowlily Pond BrookCharlotte2014
Cranberry LakeQueens2003
Dead CreekYork2014
Demerchant BrookVictoria2014
Dionne BrookKedgwickRestigouche2008
Dipper Harbour Back CoveSaint John2014
Dowdall LakeSaint John2008
Downs GulchRestigouche2014
DungarvonNorthumberland2014
Dungarvon Whooper Spring WoodlotMiramichi River ValleyNorthumberland2008
East Branch Portage RiverGloucester,
Northumberland		2014
East CloverdaleCarleton,
York		2014
Eel RiverYork2008
Eight Mile BrookRestigouche2014
Estey WetlandsYork2014
Falls BrookMadawaska2014
First Eel LakeYork2014
Five Mile BrookRestigouche2014
Foley IslandHaut-MadawaskaMadawaska2008
Freeze LakesNorthumberland2003downgraded 2008
GaspereauSunbury2014
Glazier LakeHaut-MadawaskaMadawaska2003downgraded 2008
Golden RidgeCarleton2014
Goodfellow BrookNorthumberland2008
Goose LakeGloucester2008
Gooseberry CoveSaint John2008
Gordon Meadow BrookGloucester2014
Goulette BrookRestigouche2008
Gover MountainTobique ValleyNorthumberland2003downgraded 2008
Grand LakeMintoQueens,
Sunbury		2008most of Grand Lake Meadows PNA in 2003
Green BrookNorthumberland2014
Green IslandCarleton2014
Green River NorthMadawaska2014
Greer CreekYork2014
Grew BrookHaut-MadawaskaMadawaska2014
Halls Shed LakeRestigouche2014
Hay BrookYork2014
Hells Gate HardwoodsNorthumberland2014
High Duck IslandGrand MananCharlotte2014
Hovey HillKings20030.4
Howard BrookCarleton2008
Indian BrookVictoria2014
Jacquet River GorgeGloucester,
Restigouche		2003
Jardine BrookRestigouche2014
Johnson's MillsWestmorland2014
Kennedy LakesNorthumberland2003
Lake StreamKent2014
LakevilleCarleton2014
Lewis MountainAlbert2014
Little Cedar BrookRestigouche2014
Little Forks BrookSunbury2014
Little RiverSunbury2014
Little Salmon RiverSaint John2003downgraded 2008
Little Southwest Miramichi RiverNorthumberland2014
Little Tomoowa LakeCharlotte2003downgraded 2008
Loch AlvaGrand Bay–WestfieldKings,
Queens,
Saint John		2003Originally two PNAs (Class I and II), merged in 2008
Lord and Foy BrookGloucester2014
Lower North Branch Little Southwest Miramichi RiverNorthumberland2014
MacFarlane BrookKedgwickRestigouche2008
Magaguadavic RiverCharlotte2014
Martial BrookMadawaska2014
MaxwellYork2014
McBean BrookYork2014
McCarty BrookNorthumberland2014
McCluskey BrookCarleton2014
McCoy BrookEdmundstonMadawaska2003downgraded 2008
McDougalls BrookBalmoralRestigouche2008
McLean SettlementKent2014
McManus HillKings2003downgraded 2008
McNeal BrookNorthumberland2014
McPhersons PointCharlotte2014
Meduxnekeag ValleyCarleton2014
Mill BrookCarleton2014
Mill Stream-MactaquacYork2014
Miller BrookNorthumberland2014
Miscou Grande PlaineGloucester2008
Monument BrookYork2014
Moose Valley HillMadawaska,
Restigouche		2014
Mount AkroydRestigouche2014
Mount DenysNorthumberland2014
Mount ElizabethNorthumberland2003downgraded 2008
Mount TomAlbert2014
Musquash EstuarySaint JohnSaint John2014replaced Musquash PNA
Nalaisk MountainNorthumberland2014
Nashwaak RiverYork2014
NepisiguitNorthumberland2008replaced Mount Carleton Extension PNA
New RiverCharlotte2008
NictauVictoria2014
North and South Green IslandsGrand MananCharlotte2014
North Branch Burnt Church RiverNorthumberland2014
North LakeYork2014
North Pole StreamNorthumberland2014
Northwest Upsalquitch RiverRestigouche2014
Oak MountainCarleton,
York		2003downgraded 2008
Oakland MountainCarleton2014
Otter BrookYork2014
Oven Rock BrookVictoria2014
OvenheadCharlotte2014
Partridge Valley EastQueens2014
Partridge Valley WestQueens2014
Patapedia RiverRestigouche2014
Patchell BrookTobique ValleyNorthumberland2008
PhillipstownQueens2003downgraded 2008
Picadilly MountainKings2008
Pisiguit BrookGloucester2014
PocologanCharlotte2014
Pocowogamis StreamYork2014
Point Wolfe River GorgeKings,
Saint John		2003downgraded 2008
PokeshawGloucester2014
Pokiok RiverVictoria2014
Pokiok StreamYork2014
Pollard BrookKedgwickRestigouche2008
Popelogan DepotRestigouche2014
Porcupine MountainCarleton,
Victoria		2014
Portage LakesRestigouche2014
Quigley BrookRestigouche2014
Quisibis MountainMadawaska2014
Quisibis RiverMadawaska2014
Ragged FallsCharlotte2014
Red Pine BrookGloucester2014
Richibucto RiverKent2014
Risteen BrookYork2014
River de ChuteCarleton2014
Round Meadow CoveSaint John2014
Saddleback BrookKings
Saint John		2014
Saint Croix IslandsSt. Croix River IslandsCharlotte2003downgraded in 2008, upgraded in 2014
Salkeld IslandsCharlotte2014
Semiwagan MeadowsNorthumberland2014
Shikatehawk StreamCarleton2014
ShinnickburnNorthumberland2008
Sills BrookYork2014
Skiff LakeYork2014
Smith BrookCarleton2014
South Branch Big Sevogle RiverNorthumberland2014
South Branch Burnt Church RiverNorthumberland2014
South Kedgwick RiverKedgwickRestigouche2003downgraded 2008
Spednic LakeYork2003
Spud BrookNorthumberland2014
Squaw Cap MountainRestigouche2014
StickneyCarleton2014
Stillwater BrookRestigouche2014
Stony BrookNorthumberland2014
TabusintacNorthumberland2003downgraded 2008
Tabusintac RiverGloucester,
Northumberland		2014
Tamarack BrookYork2014
Tauadook RiverNorthumberland2014
Tay RiverNashwaakYork2008
Trout BrookKent2014
Two Mile Brook FenCarleton2008
Upham BrookAlbert2014
Upper Dungarvon RiverNorthumberland2014
Upper Salmon RiverAlbert2014
Upper Thorn Point BrookRestigouche2008
Upsalquitch ForksRestigouche2008
Welch BrookCarleton2014
West Branch Coy BrookKent
Queens		2014
Western Green IslandGrand MananCharlotte2014
Whitehorse IslandCharlotte2008
Williamstown LakeCarleton2008
Wilson BrookAlbert20030.77
WoodmanYork2014

Provincial wildlife areas

The Wildlife Refuges and Wildlife Management Areas Regulation - Fish and Wildlife Act[4] governs the province's game refuges and wildlife management areas. Hunting and trapping are prohibited in these areas.

Official nameCountyDesignatedSize (km2)Description/Notes
Fredericton Wildlife RefugeYork
Kindness Club Wildlife RefugeCarleton
O'dell Wildlife RefugeYork1.41
University of New Brunswick Wildlife RefugeYork0.06
Utopia Wildlife RefugeCharlotte31.08
Wilson's Point Wildlife RefugeNorthumberland0.54tip of peninsula opposite Beaubears Island
Acadian Village Wildlife Management AreaGloucester
Bantalor Wildlife Management AreaYork152.81
Becaguimec Wildlife Management AreaCarleton, York111.37
Burpee Wildlife Management AreaSunbury, York181.69
Canaan River Wildlife Management AreaWestmorland225.33
Mount Ararat Wildlife Management AreaQueens2.61three parcels in Arcadia area
Kedgwick Wildlife Management AreaRestigouche828.80
Kings Landing Wildlife Management AreaYork1315.00surrounds Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Lepreau River Wildlife Management AreaCharlotte, Kings, Queens243.46
MacDonald Farm Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland0.61
Minister's Island Wildlife Management AreaCharlotte2.02
Mount Carleton Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland, Restigouche174.03
Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland, Victoria, York841.75
Tracadie River Wildlife Management AreaGloucester39.14
West Collette Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland0.78

Other

Official NameClosest MunicipalityCountyTypedesignatedSize km2Notes
Cape Jourimain National Wildlife AreaWestmorlandNational Wildlife Area19806.21
Portage Island National Wildlife AreaNeguacNorthumberlandNational Wildlife Area19794.51
Portobello Creek National Wildlife AreaSunburyNational Wildlife Area199519.90
Shepody National Wildlife AreaRiverside-AlbertAlbertNational Wildlife Area19809.89
Tintamarre National Wildlife AreaSackvilleWestmorlandNational Wildlife Area197719.90
Roosevelt Campobello International ParkCharlotteInternational Park196411
Grand Manan Bird SanctuaryGrand MananCharlotteBird Sanctuary19312.5
Inkerman Bird SanctuaryGloucesterBird Sanctuary19312.5
Machias Seal Island Bird SanctuaryGrand MananCharlotteBird Sanctuary19440.1

See also

References

  1. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, [Provincial Parks]
  2. Web site: Order in Council 2017-293 . Executive Council Office . Government of New Brunswick . 28 September 2020 . 14 November 2017.
  3. Web site: What is a Protected Natural Area? . Government of New Brunswick . 1 July 2021.
  4. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) . Government of New Brunswick . 8 July 2021 . 5 June 2006.

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