Canada Lake
Fulton County, New York128 acresView mapDirections
NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Canada Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Impaired · Mercury
- 68 ft max depth
- Public access
- Limited data
Canada Lake in Fulton County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 13.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 128 acres.
Canada Lake is a 128-acre lake in Fulton County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 68 feet. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Canada Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water13.8 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Canada Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Canada Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Canada Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Canada 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 13.8 ft. TSI 39.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 13.8ft | 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. | 39 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Lake Details
Max depth
~68 ft est.
Surface area
128 acres
Public access
Yes
Listed by NY DEC
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Canada Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
37 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
11.3 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,532 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Canada Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Stewarts Landing Dam (completed 1923), built primarily for recreation on the SPRITE CREEK; concrete-type dam, 40 ft tall and 350 ft long.
- Surface area
- 128 ac
- Normal storage
- 8,960 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 8,960 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 41.9 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- NYS DEC DIVISION OF LANDS & FORESTS
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NY00947 · Operator website
EPA Impairment Status
Canada Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2022 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).
Causes of impairment
Designated uses not supporting: Aquatic life.
A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.
Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit NY1201-0050 · Official waterbody report
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Frequently asked questions about Canada Lake
Where is Canada Lake?
- Canada Lake is a lake in Fulton County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Canada Lake?
- Canada Lake in Fulton County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 13.8 ft visibility. Surface area: 128 acres.
Is Canada Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Canada Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Canada Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Canada Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 68 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 128 acres.
Can I fish at Canada Lake?
- Public access to Canada Lake is listed as yes on the lake record. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by New York's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Impairment status from EPA ATTAINS 303(d) database
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)