Where is Big Brook Lake?

Big Brook Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.

How deep is Big Brook Lake?

Big Brook Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 5.6 feet. The lake covers 36.8 acres.

Big Brook Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia15 haView map Directions

NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Big Brook Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity

1.8 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1973

Max depth

4 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

15 ha

Surface area

13 ft max depth
Limited data

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Big Brook Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 36.8 acres.

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Big Brook Lake is a 37-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 13 feet (6-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1973-07-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Big Brook Lake 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 Big Brook Lake

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

Murky, only visible to about 5.9 ft. TSI 52.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1.8m	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.	52	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

4 m

Average depth

1.7 m

Surface area

15 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Big Brook Lake

Where is Big Brook Lake?: Big Brook Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Big Brook Lake?: Big Brook Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 36.8 acres.
Is Big Brook Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Big Brook Lake?: Big Brook Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 5.6 feet. The lake covers 36.8 acres.