Can I use a vehicle, bicycle, snowmobile, or motorboat in a wilderness area?
To help protect the environment and wilderness experience, vehicle and bicycle use is generally prohibited in wilderness areas. Snowmobile routes that connect to the broader provincial snowmobile network have been designated for winter use by members of the Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia (SANS) at: Economy River, Gully Lake, Eigg Mountain-James River and Jim Campbells Barren wilderness areas. A route at Gully Lake Wilderness Area is also designated for use by members of the All-terrain Vehicle Association of Nova Scotia (ATVANS), from April through November. Additional off-highway vehicle use may be authorized on specific, designated and managed routes in newer wilderness areas (not the original 31). With recent amendments to the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, this also applies to new additions to any existing wilderness area. The recent amendments will also provide the Minister of Environment authority to designate trails for off-highway vehicle use at: River Philip Road in
