Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area
4,120 hectares; Landscape representation - Shelburne Headlands
Bowers Meadows Wilderness Area protects terrestrial (inland) ecosystems and elements of the Shelburne Headlands Natural Landscape in Shelburne County. The Wilderness Area features a large fen- and bog-dominated wetland complex that has developed in a post glacial landscape that includes glacial outwash deposits and low sinuous esker ridges. The wetland complex is drained by the Round Bay River, which forms a meandering stillwater for much of its course. Fishing, hunting, wilderness canoeing, hiking and camping are traditional pursuits ideally suited to this special place.
