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Dundonald Lake

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

Phosphorus
15.4 µg/L
Measured by Ontario MECP
Max depth
~12.5 m est.
GLOBathy model
  • 41 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Dundonald Lake in Cochrane District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 15.4 µg/L.

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Dundonald Lake is a lake in Cochrane District County, Ontario with an estimated average depth of about 41 feet.

Source: Ontario open-data programmes (Lake Partner Program and Broad-scale Monitoring) — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2010-05-19. 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 Dundonald 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 Dundonald Lake

These are the measurements Ontario MECP publishes for Dundonald 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 15.4 µg/L. TSI 44.

MetricValueEPA condition class
Water Clarity (Secchi Depth)No recent samples
Phosphorus15.4 µg/LMeasured, not scored
Chlorophyll-a (Algae)No recent samples
Trophic State Index (TSI)44Mesotrophic

Moderate nutrients, good water quality

Lake Details

CharacteristicValue
Maximum Depth~12.5 m est.
Average Depth~2.1 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 Dundonald Lake.

Lake Size & Watershed

Watershed (drainage) area
1 sq mi
Surface area
274 acres
Shoreline
4.3 mi
Elevation
919 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 Dundonald Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Dundonald Lake?

Dundonald Lake in Cochrane District, Ontario has water-quality measurements published by Ontario MECP, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 15.4 µg/L.

Is Dundonald Lake safe to swim in?

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

How deep is Dundonald Lake?

No published bathymetric survey covers Dundonald Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 41 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 Dundonald 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)