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
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.
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.
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 .
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 Islands St. 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
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
See also
References
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