Indian Lake, Pictou County
Indian Lake, Nova Scotia
Indian Lake Geography
- Official Community Name: Indian Lake
- Geographic Feature Type Category: Unincorporated place
- Geographic Feature Type: Woodland Area
- Latitude / Longitude: 45.587691, -62.198761
Indian Lake Maps
- NTS Map Number: 011E09
- 1:250k Topographic NTS Map: 011E
- 1879 Pictou County Atlas: Section 20
- Nova Scotia Land Grant Map Number: NS Land Grant map 094
- Nova Scotia 1:10k Topographic Map Number: 1045550062200 (Barneys River Station)
- Other Maps:
About Indian Lake
Indian Lake is a quiet forest‑lined rural Woodland Area characterized by forests and natural vegetation located south of Marshy Hope. The region is lightly settled with scattered homes, camps, and properties, road‑accessible, and shaped by the long history of forestry, homesteading, and inland travel routes that define much of central Pictou County.
Twinning of the Trans Canada Highway in 2024 diverted part of the the original highway configuration to avoid the Marshy Hope area and now passes through part of Indian Lake.
Barneys River Nature Reserve located within the Indian Lake Woodland Area is a ecologically rich inland landscape of old‑growth hardwood forest, freshwater, and habitat critical to species such as the endangered mainland moose. The reserve protects 567 hectares of forest and waterways in the Barneys River watershed, spread across three separate areas (of which 1 is located in this area).
The name also refers to a fresh water lake located within this area.
Places within the community of Indian Lake include:
- Barneys River Nature Reserve
- Baxter Brook
- Beaver River
- Black Brook
- Duck Ponds
- Middle Brook
- Indian Lake
- Indian Lake Stillwaters
- MacEacherns Lake
- Keppoch Gulch
- Keppoch Brook
- The Keppoch
Roads located within the community of Indian Lake include:
- Duck Pond Road
- East Tower Road
- Royles Court
- Royles Road
- Trans canada Highway 104
- Weavers Mountain Road
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