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Cranberry Lake

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

Phosphorus
17.7 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~8.2 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 27 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Cranberry Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 17.7 µg/L.

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Cranberry Lake is a lake in Parry Sound District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 27 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2019-08-12. 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 Cranberry 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 Cranberry Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Cranberry 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 17.7 µg/L. TSI 46.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus17.7 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)46Mesotrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~8.2 m est.
Average Depth~3.4 m est.

Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. Ontario has not published bathymetry for Cranberry Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
138 sq mi
Surface area
119 acres
Shoreline
3.2 mi
Elevation
581 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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Where is Cranberry Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Cranberry Lake?

Cranberry Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 17.7 µg/L.

Is Cranberry Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Cranberry Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Cranberry Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 27 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate.

Where this data comes from

Measurements for Cranberry 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.

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Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)