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Atik L. Lake

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

Clarity
3.7 m
Typical for Ontario
Secchi · sampled 2018
Phosphorus
8.3 µg/L
Typical for Ontario
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~18.3 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 60 ft max depth

Atik L. Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 8.3 µg/L.

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Atik L. Lake is a lake in Thunder Bay District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 60 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2018-05-18. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Atik L. Lake is good for

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  • Clear water12.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

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

Whether Atik L. 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 Atik L. Lake

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

Good clarity, visible to about 12.1 ft. Phosphorus 8.3 µg/L. TSI 38.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)3.7mMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus8.3µg/LMeasured, not scored

The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.

Chlorophyll-a (algae)No reading

The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water.

Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a.38Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

~18.3 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 Atik L. Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area

1 sq mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Surface area

180 acres

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Shoreline

4 mi

HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS

Elevation

1,473 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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Frequently asked questions about Atik L. Lake

Where is Atik L. Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Atik L. Lake?

Atik L. Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 8.3 µg/L.

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Is Atik L. Lake safe to swim in?

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

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How deep is Atik L. Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Atik L. Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 60 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Atik L. 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.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)