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Arrowhead Lake

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Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Arrowhead Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Phosphorus
11.7 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~19.2 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 63 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Arrowhead Lake in Muskoka District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 11.7 µg/L.

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Arrowhead Lake is a lake in Muskoka District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 63 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2016-05-22. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Arrowhead Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Arrowhead Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Arrowhead Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data. Phosphorus 11.7 µg/L. TSI 40.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus11.7 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)40Oligotrophic

Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~19.2 m est.
Average Depth~6.1 m est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Ontario has not published bathymetry for Arrowhead Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
40 sq mi
Surface area
161 acres
Shoreline
2.8 mi
Elevation
968 ft

Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.

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Where is Arrowhead Lake?

Arrowhead Lake is a lake in Muskoka District, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Arrowhead Lake?

Arrowhead Lake in Muskoka District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 11.7 µg/L.

Is Arrowhead Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

How deep is Arrowhead Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Arrowhead Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 63 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

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Where this data comes from

Measurements for Arrowhead Lake come from Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. See data sources.

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Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)