Cloud Lake Protected Area

Annapolis / Kings County
Nova Scotia, Canada

This is one of 31 Protected Areas set aside by the Nova Scotia Government in the Wilderness Areas Preservation Act. This preserves a small portion of the natural landscapes that occur in the province. All of the areas are crown land.

Cloud Lake:

• Location: Western Nova Scotia on the Boundary of Annapolis and Kings County
• Size: 10,842 hectares
• Landscape Representation: Interior Granite Rolling Plain
• Ecosystem and Features:
  • Granite Faulted Landscape
  • Wetland/Glacial Feature Complex
• Wilderness Travel:
  • Wilderness Travel via interconnecting lakes (Frog and Cloud Lakes)
  • Some heavy local traditional use on Cloud Lake
  • Remote areas in Annapolis County west of Cloud Lake have limited access
• Access:
  • East: From Berwick a paved road (Dalhousie Road) to Lake Paul then west on a good quality gravel access road. The road turns north and leads to access roads for launching canoes/boat onto the west side of Frog and Cloud Lake (Access Map)
  • North: From Torbrook a gravel access road to the north side of Cloud Lake where there is launch access via short woods road to a beach.
  • South:From the East Dalhousie to Crossburn and Upper Sixties Lake - A woods road westward leads into the area.
  • West: From Nictaux Falls to Bloomington and on a woods road south that skirts the protected area north of Lunenburg Lake.