Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area, Nova Scotia
Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area Geography
- Official Name: Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Administrative Area
- Geographic Feature Type: Provincial Wildlife Management Area
- Affiliated Community: Abercrombie
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.642445, -62.716455
Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area Maps
- 1:50k Topographic NTS Map: 011E10
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas Map: Section 12
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map: NS Land Grant map 086
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Maps: 1045650062700 (Pictou), 1045600062700 (Granton), 1045600062600 (Trenton)
Abercrombie Wildlife Management Area is protected wildlife management area located in the community of Abercrombie, designated in 1977 to preserve local forest, wetland, and coastal habitat and to support recreation and education.
The area is 138 hectares: about 93 hectares forested, with the remainder includes urban, agricultural, road, and small wetland or water areas. This includes a a small portion of Pictou Harbour along the south end of the causeway with wooden pilings that support a double-crested cormorant colony.
The Abercrombie Volunteer Fire Department, part of the Pulp Mill property and a few small farm fields are located within the area.
Download a Google Earth (KML) file that shows the extent of the Management Area.
[Sources: CanLII / NovaScotia.ca ]
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