Where is Croskill Lake?

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

How deep is Croskill Lake?

Croskill Lake has a maximum depth of 24.6 feet and an average depth of 7.5 feet. The lake covers 22.7 acres.

Croskill Lake

Annapolis, Nova Scotia9 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

4.5 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1975

Max depth

7.5 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

9 ha

Surface area

25 ft max depth
Limited data

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Croskill Lake in Annapolis, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 24.6 ft. Surface area: 22.7 acres.

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Croskill Lake is a 23-acre lake in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 25 feet (8-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1975-07-16. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Croskill Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water14.8 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Croskill 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 Croskill Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Croskill 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 14.8 ft. TSI 38.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	4.5m	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.	38	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

7.5 m

Average depth

2.3 m

Surface area

9 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Croskill Lake

Where is Croskill Lake?: Croskill Lake is a lake in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Croskill Lake?: Croskill Lake in Annapolis, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 24.6 ft. Surface area: 22.7 acres.
Is Croskill Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Croskill Lake?: Croskill Lake has a maximum depth of 24.6 feet and an average depth of 7.5 feet. The lake covers 22.7 acres.