Where is Bottle Lake?

Bottle 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 Bottle Lake?

Bottle Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 9.8 feet. The lake covers 31.1 acres.

Bottle Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia13 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3.7 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1997

Phosphorus

6.9 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Chlorophyll-a

1.4 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

6 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

13 ha

Surface area

20 ft max depth
Limited data

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Bottle Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 6.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.4 µg/L. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 31.1 acres.

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Bottle Lake is a 31-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 20 feet (10-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1997-11-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Bottle Lake is good for

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Clear water12 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 Bottle 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 Bottle Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Bottle 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 ft. Phosphorus 6.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.4 µg/L. TSI 36.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.65m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	6.9µg/L	Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)	1.4µg/L	Measured, not scored 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.	36	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

6 m

Average depth

3 m

Surface area

13 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Bottle Lake

Where is Bottle Lake?: Bottle 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 Bottle Lake?: Bottle Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 6.9 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.4 µg/L. Maximum depth: 19.7 ft. Surface area: 31.1 acres.
Is Bottle Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Bottle Lake?: Bottle Lake has a maximum depth of 19.7 feet and an average depth of 9.8 feet. The lake covers 31.1 acres.