Where is Doctors Lake?

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

How deep is Doctors Lake?

Doctors Lake has a maximum depth of 26.2 feet and an average depth of 9.5 feet. The lake covers 80.8 acres.

Doctors Lake

Digby, Nova Scotia33 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

5.5 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1982

Phosphorus

1 µg/L

Less phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

8 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

33 ha

Surface area

26 ft max depth
Limited data

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Doctors Lake in Digby, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 1 µg/L. Maximum depth: 26.2 ft. Surface area: 80.8 acres.

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Doctors Lake is a 81-acre lake in Digby County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 26 feet (10-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1982-08-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Doctors Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water18 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 Doctors 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 Doctors Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Doctors 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 1 µg/L. TSI 20.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	5.5m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	1µg/L	Measured, not scored 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.	20	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

8 m

Average depth

2.9 m

Surface area

33 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Doctors Lake

Where is Doctors Lake?: Doctors Lake is a lake in Digby, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Doctors Lake?: Doctors Lake in Digby, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.5 m visibility. Phosphorus: 1 µg/L. Maximum depth: 26.2 ft. Surface area: 80.8 acres.
Is Doctors Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Doctors Lake?: Doctors Lake has a maximum depth of 26.2 feet and an average depth of 9.5 feet. The lake covers 80.8 acres.