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

Phosphorus
7.7 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
  • Limited data

Cherry Lake in Peterborough, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 7.7 µg/L.

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Cherry Lake is a lake in Peterborough County, Ontario.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2006-05-06. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Cherry 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 Cherry Lake

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

No clarity data. Phosphorus 7.7 µg/L. TSI 34.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus7.7 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)34Oligotrophic

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

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Where is Cherry Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Cherry Lake?

Cherry Lake in Peterborough, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 7.7 µg/L.

Is Cherry Lake safe to swim in?

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

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Cherry 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.