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Digby County Lake Quality

Nova Scotia, 70 lakes, measured by NSECC

Digby County has 70 monitored lakes, enough that within-county variation matters as much as the county average. Some are deep glacial basins, others are shallow agricultural-watershed waters, and the measurements reflect that mix. The 70 monitored lakes in Digby 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 Digby County

70 lakes · 0 ranked on readings, 70 without enough sampling0 lakes ranked on readings · 70 without enough sampling, hidden

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Lake	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae	Trophic	Max Depth	Access
Nowlans LakeDigby	2.8 ft	497 µg/L	58 µg/L	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Provost LakeDigby	8.3 ft	11.5 µg/L	7.5 µg/L	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Porcupine LakeDigby	7.5 ft	13 µg/L	4.5 µg/L	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
Placides LakeDigby	3.8 ft	618 µg/L	15.3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
Lac A Victor LakeDigby	3 ft	38 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
Hourglass LakeDigby	7.5 ft	51 µg/L	9.8 µg/L	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Belliveau LakeDigby	9.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	20.3 ft	Not recorded
Spectacle LakeDigby	8.6 ft	12 µg/L	2.3 µg/L	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
English LakeDigby	10.5 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Salmon River LakeDigby	5.2 ft	12 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	45.9 ft	Not recorded
Doctors LakeDigby	18 ft	1 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Lower Corning LakeDigby	7.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	14.8 ft	Not recorded
Farish LakeDigby	13.1 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Hectanooga LakeDigby	19.7 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Norwood Clearwater LakeDigby	25.6 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	32.8 ft	Not recorded
Eel LakeDigby	5.9 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Oakleaf LakeDigby	3.6 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Heron LakeDigby	8.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Clare LakeDigby	9.4 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Lac A Patrice LakeDigby	2.6 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Lac A Pierre LakeDigby	3.9 ft	7 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Clearwater LakeDigby	21.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
Thibault LakeDigby	7.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	7.5 ft	Not recorded
Bartletts LakeDigby	8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Swallow LakeDigby	7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Big Tom Wallace LakeDigby	3.3 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Little Tom Wallace LakeDigby	4.9 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Middle Carrying Road LakeDigby	6.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
South Carrying Road LakeDigby	5.9 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Joli LakeDigby	6.9 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Bill LakeDigby	2.3 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Langford LakeDigby	4.3 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Long Tusket LakeDigby	3.9 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Doyles LakeDigby	3 ft	11 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Little Tusket LakeDigby	4.3 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Colibri LakeDigby	6.2 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Big Uniacke LakeDigby	4.6 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	62.3 ft	Not recorded
Oliver LakeDigby	6.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Arthurs LakeDigby	5.2 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Sullivans LakeDigby	4.3 ft	7 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Brights LakeDigby	17.1 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Journeay LakeDigby	9.5 ft	21 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	36.1 ft	Not recorded
Ameros LakeDigby	6.2 ft	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Ellison LakeDigby	4.3 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
Plympton LakeDigby	6.6 ft	3.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	6.6 ft	Not recorded
Everitt LakeDigby	23 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	32.8 ft	Not recorded
Porters LakeDigby	13.8 ft	1 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Range Corner LakeDigby	20 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Andrews LakeDigby	9.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Mallette LakeDigby	No recent samples	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Barnes LakeDigby	3 ft	9 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Haines LakeDigby	11.5 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
Snare LakeDigby	2.3 ft	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Amirault LakeDigby	11.5 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Ticken LakeDigby	14.1 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Mardi Gras LakeDigby	3 ft	6.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	6.6 ft	Not recorded
Cranberry LakeDigby	3 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	6.6 ft	Not recorded
Gaspereau LakeDigby	3.3 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
Hunter LakeDigby	3.8 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Wentworth LakeDigby	3.9 ft	9 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Doucette LakeDigby	2.8 ft	3.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Beaver LakeDigby	3.5 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
Germain LakeDigby	4.1 ft	6 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
Knockwoood LakeDigby	11 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Bull LakeDigby	12.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
Jib LakeDigby	4.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	6.6 ft	Not recorded
Boarback LakeDigby	2.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Le Marchant LakeDigby	11.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
Napier LakeDigby	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
Lac Innocent LakeDigby	8.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 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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