List of protected areas of New Brunswick

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

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Canada's National Parks and National Reserves by provinces and territories

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:

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

National parks

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

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	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

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

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	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

Official Name	Closest Municipality	County	Type	designated	Size km²
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

References

^ Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, [Provincial Parks]
^ [New Brunswick Parks Act] Part 3)
^ "Order in Council 2017-293". Executive Council Office. Government of New Brunswick. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
^ "What is a Protected Natural Area?". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "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.

External links

Government of New Brunswick - Tourism and Parks

[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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