Beach Pond is a lake in Queens, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Beach Pond?

Beach Pond has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 4.6 feet. The lake covers 17.8 acres.

Beach Pond

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NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Beach Pond. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

3.5 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1989

Max depth

4 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

7 ha

Surface area

13 ft max depth
Limited data

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Beach Pond in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 17.8 acres.

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Beach Pond is a 18-acre lake in Queens County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 13 feet (5-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1989-06-26. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Beach Pond is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water11.5 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Beach Pond is safe to swim in today is a call for Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Beach Pond

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Beach Pond, 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 11.5 ft. TSI 42.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.5m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus		No reading 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.	42	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

4 m

Average depth

1.4 m

Surface area

7 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Beach Pond

Where is Beach Pond?: Beach Pond is a lake in Queens, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Beach Pond?: Beach Pond in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 17.8 acres.
Is Beach Pond safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Beach Pond?: Beach Pond has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 4.6 feet. The lake covers 17.8 acres.