The Government of Nova Scotia announced plans for more Provincial parks in the Province.
There will be 15 new provincial parks, 8 in the Quad Counties, and more space at two others.
These designations of Crown land will put the Province more than halfway to its commitment of having 205 provincial parks, part of the parks and protected areas plan.
New and expanded provincial parks (Quad County locations bolded)
- Ainslie Point, Inverness County
- Black Duck Cove, Guysborough County
- Cape George, Antigonish County
- Cookville, Lunenburg County
- False Bay, Richmond County
- Five Islands, Colchester County (expansion)
- Gaspereaux River, Cape Breton County
- Herring Cove, Halifax County
- Jerry Lawrence, Halifax County (expansion)
- MacKenzie Beach, Pictou County
- Merigomish, Pictou County
- New Harbour, Guysborough County
- North Mountain, Annapolis County
- Orangedale, Inverness County
- Pomquet, Antigonish County
- Tor Bay, Guysborough County
- Uisge Ban Falls, Victoria County