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

Burke Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia31 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

10 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1973

Area

31 ha

Surface area

Limited data

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Burke Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10 m visibility. Surface area: 76.1 acres.

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Burke Lake is a 76-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1973-09-06. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Burke Lake is good for

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Clear water32.8 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 Burke 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 Burke Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Burke 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 32.8 ft down. TSI 27.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	10m	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.	27	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Average depth

Not documented

Surface area

31 ha

The available depth estimate for Burke Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.

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Frequently asked questions about Burke Lake

Where is Burke Lake?: Burke 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 Burke Lake?: Burke Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 10 m visibility. Surface area: 76.1 acres.
Is Burke Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Burke Lake?: The available depth estimate for Burke Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown. The lake covers 76.1 acres.