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Charlie George Lake

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Ontario MECP publishes the water-quality measurements for Charlie George Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Clarity
4 m
Typical for Ontario
Secchi · sampled 2014
Phosphorus
9.1 µg/L
Typical for Ontario
Measured by Ontario MECP

Charlie George Lake in Haliburton, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 9.1 µg/L.

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Charlie George Lake is a lake in Haliburton County, Ontario.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2014-09-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

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  • Clear water13.1 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Charlie George Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Charlie George Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Charlie George 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 13.1 ft. Phosphorus 9.1 µg/L. TSI 38.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)4mMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus9.1µg/LMeasured, 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.38Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Where is Charlie George Lake?

Charlie George Lake is a lake in Haliburton, Ontario. Its water-quality measurements are published by Ontario MECP and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Charlie George Lake?

Charlie George Lake in Haliburton, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 9.1 µg/L.

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Is Charlie George Lake safe to swim in?

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

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Where this data comes from

Measurements for Charlie George Lake come from Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring), not the EPA Water Quality Portal. Per-sample source details are not recorded for this lake. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. See data sources.