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Queens County Lake Quality

Nova Scotia, 60 lakes, measured by NSECC with no A–F grades

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. No lake in Queens County carries an A–F letter, and none can: the scale is scored against EPA reference conditions, which stop at the US border. The 60 monitored lakes below carry whatever clarity, phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a readings NSECC has published.

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 graded, 60 not rated0 graded lakes · 60 not rated, hidden

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Lake	Grade	Clarity	Phosphorus	Algae	Trophic	Max Depth	Access
NRCannon LakeQueens	NR	3 ft	14 µg/L	5.8 µg/L	No recent samples	6.6 ft	Not recorded
NRPonhook LakeQueens	NR	No recent samples	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
NRMolega LakeQueens	NR	14.8 ft	6.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	85.3 ft	Not recorded
NRHarmony LakeQueens	NR	12.7 ft	2.5 µg/L	2.1 µg/L	No recent samples	36.1 ft	Not recorded
NRTen Mile LakeQueens	NR	No recent samples	8 µg/L	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	12.8 ft	Not recorded
NRPath LakeQueens	NR	7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
NRHerring Cove LakeQueens	NR	7.3 ft	8 µg/L	1.3 µg/L	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
NRHunt LakeQueens	NR	19 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
NRRossignol LakeQueens	NR	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	Not recorded
NRRussell LakeQueens	NR	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NRSpectacle LakeQueens	NR	7.4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRHidden Hills LakeQueens	NR	3.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
NRLittle Ponhook LakeQueens	NR	14.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	45.9 ft	Not recorded
NRBeach PondQueens	NR	11.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
NRBig Sixteen Mile Bay LakeQueens	NR	10.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
NRJordan LakeQueens	NR	5.2 ft	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NRTobeatic LakeQueens	NR	9.8 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	32.8 ft	Not recorded
NRFrank LakeQueens	NR	1.6 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NREighth LakeQueens	NR	No recent samples	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
NRDunn LakeQueens	NR	16.4 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
NRDunn LakeQueens	NR	12.7 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRCadeusky LakeQueens	NR	No recent samples	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	3.3 ft	Not recorded
NRSand LakeQueens	NR	8.5 ft	9 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
NRAnnis LakeQueens	NR	34.1 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	59.1 ft	Not recorded
NRBlack Rattle LakeQueens	NR	23 ft	0.5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	75.5 ft	Not recorded
NRBeavertail LakeQueens	NR	3.9 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NRBeavertail Basin LakeQueens	NR	20.4 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
NRHog LakeQueens	NR	11.4 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
NRThird Christopher LakeQueens	NR	4.6 ft	7 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRTelfer LakeQueens	NR	4.1 ft	11 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
NRMeagher LakeQueens	NR	3 ft	8 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	23 ft	Not recorded
NRSecond Christopher LakeQueens	NR	10.5 ft	7 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
NRFirst Christopher LakeQueens	NR	5.2 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
NRMary LakeQueens	NR	7.1 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NRMcgowan LakeQueens	NR	5.3 ft	5 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
NRTupper LakeQueens	NR	8.2 ft	10 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	45.9 ft	Not recorded
NRCharlotte LakeQueens	NR	16.2 ft	3 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
NRHen LakeQueens	NR	10.8 ft	2 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
NRLittle Tupper LakeQueens	NR	18.2 ft	4 µg/L	No recent samples	No recent samples	42.7 ft	Not recorded
NRBlack Duck LakeQueens	NR	3 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	3.3 ft	Not recorded
NRTurtle LakeQueens	NR	18 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
NRMinard LakeQueens	NR	12.1 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRScott LakeQueens	NR	7.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NRBeaverhead LakeQueens	NR	11.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRGreat Pine LakeQueens	NR	4.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	13.1 ft	Not recorded
NRIrving LakeQueens	NR	3.6 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
NRSiskech LakeQueens	NR	6.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
NRHarlow LakeQueens	NR	7.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRMorton LakeQueens	NR	17.7 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRMenchan LakeQueens	NR	15.4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	39.4 ft	Not recorded
NRBar PondQueens	NR	6.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	29.5 ft	Not recorded
NRBarnie LakeQueens	NR	11.2 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
NRLouis LakeQueens	NR	3 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	9.8 ft	Not recorded
NRWagners LakeQueens	NR	11 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	8.2 ft	Not recorded
NRNickerson'S PondQueens	NR	4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRBig Robertson LakeQueens	NR	3.9 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	49.2 ft	Not recorded
NRLittle Robertson LakeQueens	NR	9.8 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	19.7 ft	Not recorded
NRVictoria LakeQueens	NR	2 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	26.2 ft	Not recorded
NRSecond Ring LakeQueens	NR	4.5 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded
NRFirst Ring LakeQueens	NR	16.4 ft	No recent samples	No recent samples	No recent samples	16.4 ft	Not recorded

NR = no A–F letter. The scale is scored against EPA reference conditions for a lake’s ecoregion, and those stop at the US border, so no amount of sampling produces a letter here. The measurements are published as the authority reports them, not a failing grade. How grading works.

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