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List of protected areas of New Brunswick

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Beaver pond, Mactaquac Provincial Park

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

Provincial statute

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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:

All provincial parks are dedicated to residents of the Province, visitors and future generations to:

(a) permanently protect ecosystems, biodiversity and the elements of natural and cultural heritage,
(b) provide opportunities for recreational and outdoor educational activities to promote a healthy lifestyle,
(c) provide opportunities to increase knowledge and appreciation of the natural and cultural heritage of the Province, and

(d) offer a tourism product that enhances the Province’s image as a quality vacation destination."[2]

Protected areas

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National parks

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The following are National Parks of Canada in New Brunswick.

Official Name Closest Municipality County Year designated Size km² Notes
Fundy National Park Alma Albert 1948 206
Kouchibouguac National Park Richibucto Kent 1969 239

Provincial parks

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This is a list of current provincial parks in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.[3] These provincial parks are maintained by the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. There have been many other provincial parks.

Name County Established Commons category Picture Coordinates
Bonar Law Provincial Park Kent
Cape Enrage Provincial Park Albert
Castalia Provincial Park Charlotte 44°43′30″N 66°45′02″W / 44.725°N 66.750555555556°W / 44.725; -66.750555555556
Doak House Provincial Park Northumberland
Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial Park Saint John
45°24′30″N 65°25′44″W / 45.408333333333°N 65.428888888889°W / 45.408333333333; -65.428888888889
Herring Cove Provincial Park Charlotte 44°52′36″N 66°56′12″W / 44.8767°N 66.9368°W / 44.8767; -66.9368
Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park Albert Hopewell Rocks
45°49′24″N 64°34′24″W / 45.82333333°N 64.57333333°W / 45.82333333; -64.57333333
Lepreau Falls Provincial Park Charlotte 1956 45°10′06″N 66°27′37″W / 45.168333333333°N 66.460277777778°W / 45.168333333333; -66.460277777778
MacDonald Farm Provincial Park Northumberland
Mactaquac Provincial Park York 1965 Mactaquac Provincial Park
45°57′32″N 66°53′33″W / 45.959°N 66.8926°W / 45.959; -66.8926
Ministers Island Provincial Park Charlotte
Miscou Provincial Park Gloucester
Mount Carleton Provincial Park Restigouche,
Northumberland
Mount Carleton Provincial Park
47°22′42″N 66°52′30″W / 47.3783°N 66.875°W / 47.3783; -66.875
Murray Beach Provincial Park Westmorland 1959 Murray Beach Provincial Park
46°10′48″N 63°58′55″W / 46.18°N 63.98194444°W / 46.18; -63.98194444
New River Beach Provincial Park Charlotte 1959 45°07′40″N 66°31′29″W / 45.127777777778°N 66.524722222222°W / 45.127777777778; -66.524722222222
Oak Bay Provincial Park Charlotte 1955 45°13′36″N 67°11′23″W / 45.226666666667°N 67.189722222222°W / 45.226666666667; -67.189722222222
Parlee Beach Provincial Park Westmorland Parlee Beach Provincial Park
46°14′28″N 64°31′00″W / 46.241222222222°N 64.516583333333°W / 46.241222222222; -64.516583333333
République Provincial Park Madawaska Parc provincial de la République
47°26′18″N 68°23′35″W / 47.438333333333°N 68.393055555556°W / 47.438333333333; -68.393055555556
Saint Croix Provincial Park Charlotte
45°08′01″N 67°06′51″W / 45.133727°N 67.114245°W / 45.133727; -67.114245
Sheriff Andrews House Provincial Park Charlotte
Sugarloaf Provincial Park Restigouche
47°58′36″N 66°40′22″W / 47.9767°N 66.6728°W / 47.9767; -66.6728
The Anchorage Provincial Park Charlotte
44°39′35″N 66°48′15″W / 44.6597°N 66.8042°W / 44.6597; -66.8042
Val-Comeau Provincial Park Gloucester
47°28′24″N 64°52′20″W / 47.473333333333°N 64.872222222222°W / 47.473333333333; -64.872222222222
Village Historique Acadien Provincial Park Gloucester

Protected natural areas

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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.[4] 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 Name Closest Municipality County designated Size km2 Description/Notes
Adder Lakes Northumberland 2014
Allardville Bathurst Gloucester 2014
Andersonville Charlotte 2014
Angle Hill Lake Carleton 2014
Ayers Lake Stream York 2014
Baillie Settlement Charlotte 2008
Baker Brook Haut-Madawaska Madawaska 2014
Bantalor York 2014
Bass Brook Gloucester 2014
Bass River Gloucester 2014
Bay du Vin Island Northumberland 2003 downgraded 2008
Becaguimec Stream Carleton 2014
Bellefond Northumberland 2014
Belleville Carleton 2014
Bells Brook Restigouche 2014
Belone Brook Restigouche 2014
Berry Brook Kedgwick Restigouche 2008
Big Bald Mountain Northumberland 2008
Big Cedar Brook Restigouche 2014
Big Falls York 2014
Big Meadows Albert 2014
Big Rocky Brook Northumberland 2008
Big Salmon River Saint John 2014
Black River Kent,
Northumberland
2003
Blind Brook Kent 2014
Blind Gully Brook Victoria 2014
Blue Mountain Victoria 2003 downgraded 2008
Blueberry Brook Restigouche 2014
Boland Brook Restigouche 2014
Brantville Northumberland 2014
Brookvale Queens 2014
Bull Pasture Bog Sunbury 2008 part of Grand Lake Meadows 2003
Burgess Settlement Victoria 2014
Burpee Lake Sunbury 2014
Butte à Morrison Gloucester 2014
Cains River York 2008
Caledonia Gorge Riverside-Albert Albert 2003
Canaan Bog Kent,
Queens,
Westmorland
2003
Canoose Flowage Charlotte 2003
Carr Falls Brook York 2014
Cat Road Albert 2014
Caughey-Taylor Charlotte 2014
Clark Point Charlotte 2014
Clarke Brook Carleton 2008 downgraded 2008
Connors Brook Restigouche 2014
Cowlily Pond Brook Charlotte 2014
Cranberry Lake Queens 2003
Dead Creek York 2014
Demerchant Brook Victoria 2014
Dionne Brook Kedgwick Restigouche 2008
Dipper Harbour Back Cove Saint John 2014
Dowdall Lake Saint John 2008
Downs Gulch Restigouche 2014
Dungarvon Northumberland 2014
Dungarvon Whooper Spring Woodlot Miramichi River Valley Northumberland 2008
East Branch Portage River Gloucester,
Northumberland
2014
East Cloverdale Carleton,
York
2014
Eel River York 2008
Eight Mile Brook Restigouche 2014
Estey Wetlands York 2014
Falls Brook Madawaska 2014
First Eel Lake York 2014
Five Mile Brook Restigouche 2014
Foley Island Haut-Madawaska Madawaska 2008
Freeze Lakes Northumberland 2003 downgraded 2008
Gaspereau Sunbury 2014
Glazier Lake Haut-Madawaska Madawaska 2003 downgraded 2008
Golden Ridge Carleton 2014
Goodfellow Brook Northumberland 2008
Goose Lake Gloucester 2008
Gooseberry Cove Saint John 2008
Gordon Meadow Brook Gloucester 2014
Goulette Brook Restigouche 2008
Gover Mountain Tobique Valley Northumberland 2003 downgraded 2008
Grand Lake Minto Queens,
Sunbury
2008 most of Grand Lake Meadows PNA in 2003
Green Brook Northumberland 2014
Green Island Carleton 2014
Green River North Madawaska 2014
Greer Creek York 2014
Grew Brook Haut-Madawaska Madawaska 2014
Halls Shed Lake Restigouche 2014
Hay Brook York 2014
Hells Gate Hardwoods Northumberland 2014
High Duck Island Grand Manan Charlotte 2014
Hovey Hill Kings 2003 0.4
Howard Brook Carleton 2008
Indian Brook Victoria 2014
Jacquet River Gorge Gloucester,
Restigouche
2003
Jardine Brook Restigouche 2014
Johnson's Mills Westmorland 2014
Kennedy Lakes Northumberland 2003
Lake Stream Kent 2014
Lakeville Carleton 2014
Lewis Mountain Albert 2014
Little Cedar Brook Restigouche 2014
Little Forks Brook Sunbury 2014
Little River Sunbury 2014
Little Salmon River Saint John 2003 downgraded 2008
Little Southwest Miramichi River Northumberland 2014
Little Tomoowa Lake Charlotte 2003 downgraded 2008
Loch Alva Grand Bay–Westfield Kings,
Queens,
Saint John
2003 Originally two PNAs (Class I and II), merged in 2008
Lord and Foy Brook Gloucester 2014
Lower North Branch Little Southwest Miramichi River Northumberland 2014
MacFarlane Brook Kedgwick Restigouche 2008
Magaguadavic River Charlotte 2014
Martial Brook Madawaska 2014
Maxwell York 2014
McBean Brook York 2014
McCarty Brook Northumberland 2014
McCluskey Brook Carleton 2014
McCoy Brook Edmundston Madawaska 2003 downgraded 2008
McDougalls Brook Balmoral Restigouche 2008
McLean Settlement Kent 2014
McManus Hill Kings 2003 downgraded 2008
McNeal Brook Northumberland 2014
McPhersons Point Charlotte 2014
Meduxnekeag Valley Carleton 2014
Mill Brook Carleton 2014
Mill Stream-Mactaquac York 2014
Miller Brook Northumberland 2014
Miscou Grande Plaine Gloucester 2008
Monument Brook York 2014
Moose Valley Hill Madawaska,
Restigouche
2014
Mount Akroyd Restigouche 2014
Mount Denys Northumberland 2014
Mount Elizabeth Northumberland 2003 downgraded 2008
Mount Tom Albert 2014
Musquash Estuary Saint John Saint John 2014 replaced Musquash PNA
Nalaisk Mountain Northumberland 2014
Nashwaak River York 2014
Nepisiguit Northumberland 2008 replaced Mount Carleton Extension PNA
New River Charlotte 2008
Nictau Victoria 2014
North and South Green Islands Grand Manan Charlotte 2014
North Branch Burnt Church River Northumberland 2014
North Lake York 2014
North Pole Stream Northumberland 2014
Northwest Upsalquitch River Restigouche 2014
Oak Mountain Carleton,
York
2003 downgraded 2008
Oakland Mountain Carleton 2014
Otter Brook York 2014
Oven Rock Brook Victoria 2014
Ovenhead Charlotte 2014
Partridge Valley East Queens 2014
Partridge Valley West Queens 2014
Patapedia River Restigouche 2014
Patchell Brook Tobique Valley Northumberland 2008
Phillipstown Queens 2003 downgraded 2008
Picadilly Mountain Kings 2008
Pisiguit Brook Gloucester 2014
Pocologan Charlotte 2014
Pocowogamis Stream York 2014
Point Wolfe River Gorge Kings,
Saint John
2003 downgraded 2008
Pokeshaw Gloucester 2014
Pokiok River Victoria 2014
Pokiok Stream York 2014
Pollard Brook Kedgwick Restigouche 2008
Popelogan Depot Restigouche 2014
Porcupine Mountain Carleton,
Victoria
2014
Portage Lakes Restigouche 2014
Quigley Brook Restigouche 2014
Quisibis Mountain Madawaska 2014
Quisibis River Madawaska 2014
Ragged Falls Charlotte 2014
Red Pine Brook Gloucester 2014
Richibucto River Kent 2014
Risteen Brook York 2014
River de Chute Carleton 2014
Round Meadow Cove Saint John 2014
Saddleback Brook Kings
Saint John
2014
Saint Croix IslandsSt. Croix River Islands Charlotte 2003 downgraded in 2008, upgraded in 2014
Salkeld Islands Charlotte 2014
Semiwagan Meadows Northumberland 2014
Shikatehawk Stream Carleton 2014
Shinnickburn Northumberland 2008
Sills Brook York 2014
Skiff Lake York 2014
Smith Brook Carleton 2014
South Branch Big Sevogle River Northumberland 2014
South Branch Burnt Church River Northumberland 2014
South Kedgwick River Kedgwick Restigouche 2003 downgraded 2008
Spednic Lake York 2003
Spud Brook Northumberland 2014
Squaw Cap Mountain Restigouche 2014
Stickney Carleton 2014
Stillwater Brook Restigouche 2014
Stony Brook Northumberland 2014
Tabusintac Northumberland 2003 downgraded 2008
Tabusintac River Gloucester,
Northumberland
2014
Tamarack Brook York 2014
Tauadook River Northumberland 2014
Tay River Nashwaak York 2008
Trout Brook Kent 2014
Two Mile Brook Fen Carleton 2008
Upham Brook Albert 2014
Upper Dungarvon River Northumberland 2014
Upper Salmon River Albert 2014
Upper Thorn Point Brook Restigouche 2008
Upsalquitch Forks Restigouche 2008
Welch Brook Carleton 2014
West Branch Coy Brook Kent
Queens
2014
Western Green Island Grand Manan Charlotte 2014
Whitehorse Island Charlotte 2008
Williamstown Lake Carleton 2008
Wilson Brook Albert 2003 0.77
Woodman York 2014

Provincial wildlife areas

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The Wildlife Refuges and Wildlife Management Areas Regulation - Fish and Wildlife Act[5] governs the province's game refuges and wildlife management areas. Hunting and trapping are prohibited in these areas.

Official name County Designated Size (km2) Description/Notes
Fredericton Wildlife Refuge York
Kindness Club Wildlife Refuge Carleton
O'dell Wildlife Refuge York 1.41
University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge York 0.06
Utopia Wildlife Refuge Charlotte 31.08
Wilson's Point Wildlife Refuge Northumberland 0.54 tip of peninsula opposite Beaubears Island
Acadian Village Wildlife Management Area Gloucester
Bantalor Wildlife Management Area York 152.81
Becaguimec Wildlife Management Area Carleton, York 111.37
Burpee Wildlife Management Area Sunbury, York 181.69
Canaan River Wildlife Management Area Westmorland 225.33
Mount Ararat Wildlife Management Area Queens 2.61 three parcels in Arcadia area
Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area Restigouche 828.80
Kings Landing Wildlife Management Area York 1315.00 surrounds Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Lepreau River Wildlife Management Area Charlotte, Kings, Queens 243.46
MacDonald Farm Wildlife Management Area Northumberland 0.61
Minister's Island Wildlife Management Area Charlotte 2.02
Mount Carleton Wildlife Management Area Northumberland, Restigouche 174.03
Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management Area Northumberland, Victoria, York 841.75
Tracadie River Wildlife Management Area Gloucester 39.14
West Collette Wildlife Management Area Northumberland 0.78

Other

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Official Name Closest Municipality County Type designated Size km2 Notes
Cape Jourimain National Wildlife Area Westmorland National Wildlife Area 1980 6.21
Portage Island National Wildlife Area Neguac Northumberland National Wildlife Area 1979 4.51
Portobello Creek National Wildlife Area Sunbury National Wildlife Area 1995 19.90
Shepody National Wildlife Area Riverside-Albert Albert National Wildlife Area 1980 9.89
Tintamarre National Wildlife Area Sackville Westmorland National Wildlife Area 1977 19.90
Roosevelt Campobello International Park Campobello Island Charlotte International Park 1964 11
Grand Manan Bird Sanctuary Grand Manan Charlotte Bird Sanctuary 1931 2.5
Inkerman Bird Sanctuary Gloucester Bird Sanctuary 1931 2.5
Machias Seal Island Bird Sanctuary Grand Manan Charlotte Bird Sanctuary 1944 0.1

See also

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References

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