Brine 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 Brine Lake?

Brine Lake has a maximum depth of 32.8 feet and an average depth of 8.5 feet. The lake covers 74.1 acres.

Brine Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia30 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

3.8 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1979

Max depth

10 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

30 ha

Surface area

33 ft max depth
Limited data

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Brine Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 32.8 ft. Surface area: 74.1 acres.

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Brine Lake is a 74-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 33 feet (9-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1979-07-17. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Brine Lake is good for

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Clear water12.3 ft of visibility
Deep water32.8 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 Brine 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 Brine Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Brine 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 12.3 ft. TSI 41.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	3.75m	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.	41	Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

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Lake Details

Max depth

10 m

Average depth

2.6 m

Surface area

30 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Brine Lake

Where is Brine Lake?: Brine 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 Brine Lake?: Brine Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 32.8 ft. Surface area: 74.1 acres.
Is Brine Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Brine Lake?: Brine Lake has a maximum depth of 32.8 feet and an average depth of 8.5 feet. The lake covers 74.1 acres.