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.

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. 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 nameClosest MunicipalityCountyYear designatedSize km²Notes
Fundy National ParkAlmaAlbert1948206
Kouchibouguac 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 ParkKent
Cape Enrage Provincial ParkAlbert
Castalia Provincial ParkCharlotte
Doak House Provincial ParkNorthumberland
Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial ParkSaint John
Herring Cove Provincial ParkCharlotte
Hopewell Rocks Provincial ParkAlbertHopewell Rocks
Lepreau Falls Provincial ParkCharlotte1956
MacDonald Farm Provincial ParkNorthumberland
Mactaquac Provincial ParkYork1965Mactaquac Provincial Park
Ministers Island Provincial ParkCharlotte
Miscou Provincial ParkGloucester
Mount Carleton Provincial ParkRestigouche,
Northumberland		Mount Carleton Provincial Park
Murray Beach Provincial ParkWestmorland1959Murray Beach Provincial Park
New River Beach Provincial ParkCharlotte1960
Oak Bay Provincial ParkCharlotte1955
Parlee Beach Provincial ParkWestmorlandParlee Beach Provincial Park
République Provincial ParkMadawaskaParc provincial de la République
Saint Croix Provincial ParkCharlotte
Sheriff Andrews House Provincial ParkCharlotte
Sugarloaf Provincial ParkRestigouche
The Anchorage Provincial ParkCharlotte
Val-Comeau Provincial ParkGloucester
Village Historique Acadien Provincial ParkGloucester

Protected natural areas

A Protected Natural Area 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.
Official nameClosest MunicipalityCountydesignatedSize km2Description/Notes

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 nameCountyDesignatedSize Description/Notes
Fredericton Wildlife RefugeYork
Kindness Club Wildlife RefugeCarleton
O'dell Wildlife RefugeYork1.41
University of New Brunswick Wildlife RefugeYork0.06
Utopia Wildlife RefugeCharlotte31.08
Wilson's Point Wildlife RefugeNorthumberland0.54tip of peninsula opposite Beaubears Island
Acadian Village Wildlife Management AreaGloucester
Bantalor Wildlife Management AreaYork152.81
Becaguimec Wildlife Management AreaCarleton, York111.37
Burpee Wildlife Management AreaSunbury, York181.69
Canaan River Wildlife Management AreaWestmorland225.33
Mount Ararat Wildlife Management AreaQueens2.61three parcels in Arcadia area
Kedgwick Wildlife Management AreaRestigouche828.80
Kings Landing Wildlife Management AreaYork1315.00surrounds Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Lepreau River Wildlife Management AreaCharlotte, Kings, Queens243.46
MacDonald Farm Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland0.61
Minister's Island Wildlife Management AreaCharlotte2.02
Mount Carleton Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland, Restigouche174.03
Plaster Rock-Renous Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland, Victoria, York841.75
Tracadie River Wildlife Management AreaGloucester39.14
West Collette Wildlife Management AreaNorthumberland0.78

Other

Official nameClosest MunicipalityCountyTypedesignatedSize km2Notes