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Queens County Lake Quality

Nova Scotia, 60 lakes, measured by NSECC

Queens County in Nova Scotia carries 60 monitored lakes — one of the lake-richer counties in our dataset. Coverage that dense usually reflects active lake-association sampling alongside state-agency monitoring. The 60 monitored lakes in Queens County carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a readings NSECC has published, shown as reported.

Most of the county's monitored lakes are shallow, under 50 feet, which means wind keeps the water column mixed all summer and sediment-bound phosphorus releases back into the surface layer whenever the bottom is disturbed.

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All Lakes in Queens County

60 lakes · 0 ranked on readings, 60 without enough sampling0 lakes ranked on readings · 60 without enough sampling, hidden

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Lake	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae	Trophic	Max Depth	Access
Cannon LakeQueens	3 ft	14 µg/L	5.8 µg/L	No recent samples	6.6 ft	Not recorded
Ponhook LakeQueens	No recent samples	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
Molega LakeQueens	14.8 ft	6.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	85.3 ft	Not recorded
Harmony LakeQueens	12.7 ft	2.5 µg/L	2.1 µg/L	No recent samples	36.1 ft	Not recorded
Ten Mile LakeQueens	No recent samples	8 µg/L	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	12.8 ft	Not recorded
Path LakeQueens	7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
Herring Cove LakeQueens	7.3 ft	8 µg/L	1.3 µg/L	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Hunt LakeQueens	19 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Rossignol LakeQueens	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
Russell LakeQueens	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Spectacle LakeQueens	7.4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Hidden Hills LakeQueens	3.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Little Ponhook LakeQueens	14.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	45.9 ft	Not recorded
Beach PondQueens	11.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Big Sixteen Mile Bay LakeQueens	10.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Jordan LakeQueens	5.2 ft	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Tobeatic LakeQueens	9.8 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	32.8 ft	Not recorded
Frank LakeQueens	1.6 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Eighth LakeQueens	No recent samples	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Dunn LakeQueens	16.4 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Dunn LakeQueens	12.7 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Cadeusky LakeQueens	No recent samples	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	3.3 ft	Not recorded
Sand LakeQueens	8.5 ft	9 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Annis LakeQueens	34.1 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	59.1 ft	Not recorded
Black Rattle LakeQueens	23 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	75.5 ft	Not recorded
Beavertail LakeQueens	3.9 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Beavertail Basin LakeQueens	20.4 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
Hog LakeQueens	11.4 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Third Christopher LakeQueens	4.6 ft	7 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Telfer LakeQueens	4.1 ft	11 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Meagher LakeQueens	3 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Second Christopher LakeQueens	10.5 ft	7 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
First Christopher LakeQueens	5.2 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Mary LakeQueens	7.1 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Mcgowan LakeQueens	5.3 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
Tupper LakeQueens	8.2 ft	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	45.9 ft	Not recorded
Charlotte LakeQueens	16.2 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Hen LakeQueens	10.8 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Little Tupper LakeQueens	18.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
Black Duck LakeQueens	3 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	3.3 ft	Not recorded
Turtle LakeQueens	18 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Minard LakeQueens	12.1 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Scott LakeQueens	7.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Beaverhead LakeQueens	11.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Great Pine LakeQueens	4.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Irving LakeQueens	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Siskech LakeQueens	6.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
Harlow LakeQueens	7.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Morton LakeQueens	17.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Menchan LakeQueens	15.4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
Bar PondQueens	6.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Barnie LakeQueens	11.2 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Louis LakeQueens	3 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Wagners LakeQueens	11 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	8.2 ft	Not recorded
Nickerson'S PondQueens	4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Big Robertson LakeQueens	3.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	49.2 ft	Not recorded
Little Robertson LakeQueens	9.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Victoria LakeQueens	2 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Second Ring LakeQueens	4.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
First Ring LakeQueens	16.4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded

NR = no nutrient or algae reading on record. The measurements are published as the authority reports them. Where the data comes from.

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