Where is Bunkers Lake?

Bunkers 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 Bunkers Lake?

Bunkers Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 5.6 feet. The lake covers 89.9 acres.

Bunkers Lake

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia36 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

0.4 m

Murkier than most

Secchi · sampled 1986

Phosphorus

10 µg/L

More phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

4 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

36 ha

Surface area

13 ft max depth
Limited data

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Bunkers Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 10 µg/L. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 89.9 acres.

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Bunkers Lake is a 90-acre lake in Yarmouth 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 1986-07-23. 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 Bunkers 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 Bunkers Lake

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

Very murky, less than 1.3 ft of visibility. Phosphorus 10 µg/L. TSI 55.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	0.4m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	10µg/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.	55	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

36 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Bunkers Lake

Where is Bunkers Lake?: Bunkers 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 Bunkers Lake?: Bunkers Lake in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 10 µg/L. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 89.9 acres.
Is Bunkers Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Bunkers Lake?: Bunkers Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 5.6 feet. The lake covers 89.9 acres.