Where is Big Mushamush Lake?

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

How deep is Big Mushamush Lake?

Big Mushamush Lake has a maximum depth of 65.6 feet and an average depth of 26.6 feet.

Big Mushamush Lake

Lunenburg, Nova ScotiaView map Directions

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

Clarity

4.8 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1980

Max depth

20 m

Bathymetric survey

66 ft max depth
Limited data

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Big Mushamush Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 65.6 ft.

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Big Mushamush Lake is a lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 66 feet (27-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1980-09-04. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Big Mushamush Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water15.7 ft of visibility
Deep water65.6 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Big Mushamush 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 Mushamush Lake

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

Crystal clear, you can see 15.7 ft down. TSI 37.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	4.8m	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.	37	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

20 m

Average depth

8.1 m

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Nearby Lakes in Lunenburg

Caribou Lake9.1 m clear2.5 miView →Frank Lake1.8 m clear2.6 miView →Cornwall Lake4.3 m clear2.9 miView →Little Mushamush Lake5.8 m clear2.5 miView →Sucker Lake3.7 m clear2.3 miView →Randall Lake4.8 m clear3.5 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Big Mushamush Lake

Where is Big Mushamush Lake?: Big Mushamush Lake is a lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Big Mushamush Lake?: Big Mushamush Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 65.6 ft.
Is Big Mushamush Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Big Mushamush Lake?: Big Mushamush Lake has a maximum depth of 65.6 feet and an average depth of 26.6 feet.