Where is Cochran Lake?

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

How deep is Cochran Lake?

Cochran Lake has a maximum depth of 1.6 feet and an average depth of 0.7 feet. The lake covers 92.9 acres.

Cochran Lake

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia38 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

0.1 m

Murkier than most

Secchi · sampled 1989

Max depth

0.5 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

38 ha

Surface area

2 ft max depth
Limited data

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Cochran Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.1 m visibility. Maximum depth: 1.6 ft. Surface area: 92.9 acres.

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Cochran Lake is a 93-acre lake in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 2 feet (1-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1989-06-01. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Cochran 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 Cochran Lake

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

Very murky, less than 0.3 ft of visibility. TSI 93.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	0.1m	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.	93	Hypereutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

Very high nutrients, dense algae, poor clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

0.5 m

Average depth

0.2 m

Surface area

38 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Cochran Lake

Where is Cochran Lake?: Cochran Lake is a lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Cochran Lake?: Cochran Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 0.1 m visibility. Maximum depth: 1.6 ft. Surface area: 92.9 acres.
Is Cochran Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Cochran Lake?: Cochran Lake has a maximum depth of 1.6 feet and an average depth of 0.7 feet. The lake covers 92.9 acres.