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Crystal Lake

Lennox and Addington, OntarioView mapDirections

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

Clarity
5.5 m
Secchi · sampled 2022
Phosphorus
6.5 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~16.5 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 54 ft max depth

Crystal Lake in Lennox and Addington, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 6.5 µg/L.

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Crystal Lake is a lake in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 54 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2022-05-18. Grade methodology: LakeQuality methodology.

What Crystal Lake is good for

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  • Clear water18 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 Crystal 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 Crystal Lake

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

Crystal clear, you can see 18 ft down. Phosphorus 6.5 µg/L. TSI 33.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)5.5 mMeasured, not scored
Phosphorus6.5 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)33Oligotrophic

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

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~16.5 m est.
Average Depth~5.2 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 Crystal Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
Surface area
136 acres
Shoreline
5.8 mi
Elevation
1,329 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 Crystal Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Crystal Lake?

Crystal Lake in Lennox and Addington, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 6.5 µg/L.

Is Crystal Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Crystal Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Crystal Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 54 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 Crystal 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.

Other records on this page

Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)