Where is Brazil Lake?

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

How deep is Brazil Lake?

Brazil Lake has a maximum depth of 36.1 feet and an average depth of 11.2 feet. The lake covers 246.4 acres.

Brazil Lake

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia100 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3.4 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1992

Phosphorus

3 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

11 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

100 ha

Surface area

36 ft max depth
Limited data

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Brazil Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3 µg/L. Maximum depth: 36.1 ft. Surface area: 246.4 acres.

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Brazil Lake is a 246-acre lake in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 36 feet (11-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1992-08-10. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Brazil Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water11.2 ft of visibility
Deep water36.1 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 Brazil 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 Brazil Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Brazil 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 11.2 ft. Phosphorus 3 µg/L. TSI 31.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.4m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	3µg/L	Measured, 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.	31	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

11 m

Average depth

3.4 m

Surface area

100 ha

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Little Brazil Lake1.7 m clear0.9 miView →Jesse Lake3.6 m clear1.9 miView →Annis Lake2.5 m clear3.2 miView →Salmon Lake1 m clear—View →Two Island Lake3.6 m clear3.9 miView →Sloans Lake5.8 m clear4 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Brazil Lake

Where is Brazil Lake?: Brazil Lake is a lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Brazil Lake?: Brazil Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3 µg/L. Maximum depth: 36.1 ft. Surface area: 246.4 acres.
Is Brazil Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Brazil Lake?: Brazil Lake has a maximum depth of 36.1 feet and an average depth of 11.2 feet. The lake covers 246.4 acres.