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Canada Lake vs Pleasant Lake

Water quality, depth, fish species, and recreation comparison.

Canada Lake and Pleasant Lake both received the same overall water quality grade of B (Good). Both are in Fulton County, Wisconsin.

Canada Lake and Pleasant Lake are both in New York — a same-state head-to-head where the comparison comes down to lake-specific differences in depth, watershed, and monitoring history rather than the broader state-level water-quality regime. The grades are close: Canada Lake (B) and Pleasant Lake (B) are within one letter of each other on the LakeGrade rubric. The per-parameter sub-grades below will show where the small differences actually live.

With grades this close, the choice between the two lakes turns on non-water-quality factors: depth, fish species, public access, distance from home. The per-lake pages below cover all of those.

B

Canada Lake

Fulton County, Wisconsin

Good clarity, visible to about 13.8 ft.

B

Pleasant Lake

Fulton County, Wisconsin

Good clarity, visible to about 13.4 ft.

Side-by-Side Metrics

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.

MetricCanada LakePleasant Lake
Overall GradeB (Good)B (Good)
Water Clarity13.8 ft13.4 ft
PhosphorusNo dataNo data
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No dataNo data
Maximum Depth--
Surface Area128 acres248 acres
Public AccessUnknownUnknown
Fish Species00
Trophic Stateoligotrophicoligotrophic

Bold value = better for that metric (lower phosphorus / chlorophyll = cleaner; higher Secchi / depth / species count = better).

Verdict

Both lakes earn the same Grade B. The tiebreakers come down to clarity (Canada Lake: 13.8 ft, Pleasant Lake: 13.4 ft) and what you want from the lake. Canada Lake matches its peer on species count.