List of protected areas of New Brunswick

This is a list of protected natural areas of 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.Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, [Provincial Parks] 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 name Closest Municipality County Year designated Size km² NotesFundy National ParkAlmaAlbert1948206Kouchibouguac National ParkRichibuctoKent1969239

Provincial parks This is a list of current provincial parks in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. 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 Park Kent Cape Enrage Provincial Park Albert Castalia Provincial Park Charlotte Doak House Provincial Park Northumberland Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial Park Saint John Herring Cove Provincial Park Charlotte Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park Albert Hopewell Rocks Lepreau Falls Provincial Park Charlotte 1956 MacDonald Farm Provincial Park Northumberland Mactaquac Provincial Park York 1965 Mactaquac Provincial Park Ministers Island Provincial Park Charlotte Miscou Provincial Park Gloucester Mount Carleton Provincial Park Restigouche,Northumberland Mount Carleton Provincial Park Murray Beach Provincial Park Westmorland 1959 Murray Beach Provincial Park New River Beach Provincial Park Charlotte 1960 Oak Bay Provincial Park 1955 Parlee Beach Provincial Park Westmorland Parlee Beach Provincial Park République Provincial Park Madawaska Parc provincial de la République Saint Croix Provincial Park Charlotte Sheriff Andrews House Provincial Park Sugarloaf Provincial Park Restigouche The Anchorage Provincial Park Charlotte Val-Comeau Provincial Park Gloucester Village Historique Acadien Provincial Park

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. 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

Provincial wildlife areas The Wildlife Refuges and Wildlife Management Areas Regulation - Fish and Wildlife Act 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/NotesFredericton Wildlife RefugeYorkKindness Club Wildlife RefugeCarletonO'dell Wildlife RefugeYork1.41University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge0.06Utopia Wildlife RefugeCharlotte31.08Wilson's Point Wildlife RefugeNorthumberland0.54tip of peninsula opposite Beaubears IslandAcadian Village Wildlife Management AreaGloucesterBantalor Wildlife Management AreaYork152.81Becaguimec Wildlife Management AreaCarleton, York111.37Burpee Wildlife Management AreaSunbury, York181.69Canaan River Wildlife Management AreaWestmorland225.33Mount Ararat Wildlife Management AreaQueens2.61three parcels in Arcadia areaKedgwick Wildlife Management AreaRestigouche828.80Kings Landing Wildlife Management AreaYork1315.00surrounds Kings Landing Historical SettlementLepreau River Wildlife Management AreaCharlotte, Kings, Queens243.46MacDonald Farm Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland0.61 Minister's Island Wildlife Management AreaCharlotte2.02Mount Carleton Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland, Restigouche174.03Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland, Victoria, York841.75Tracadie River Wildlife Management AreaGloucester39.14West Collette Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland0.78

Other

See also List of Canadian protected areas List of national parks of Canada List of National Historic Sites of Canada in New Brunswick List of historic places in New Brunswick

References

External links Government of New Brunswick - Tourism and Parks