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

How deep is Card Lake?

Card Lake has a maximum depth of 55.8 feet and an average depth of 9.5 feet. The lake covers 667.2 acres.

Card Lake

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia270 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

2 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 2006

Phosphorus

2.5 µg/L

Less phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

17 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

270 ha

Surface area

56 ft max depth
Limited data

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Card Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 55.8 ft. Surface area: 667.2 acres.

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Card Lake is a 667-acre lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 56 feet (10-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2006-08-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Card Lake is good for

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Deep water55.8 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 Card 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 Card Lake

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

Murky, only visible to about 6.6 ft. Phosphorus 2.5 µg/L. TSI 34.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	2m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	2.5µg/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.	34	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

17 m

Average depth

2.9 m

Surface area

270 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Card Lake

Where is Card Lake?: Card Lake is a lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Card Lake?: Card Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.5 µg/L. Maximum depth: 55.8 ft. Surface area: 667.2 acres.
Is Card Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Card Lake?: Card Lake has a maximum depth of 55.8 feet and an average depth of 9.5 feet. The lake covers 667.2 acres.