Where is Egmont Lake?

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

How deep is Egmont Lake?

Egmont Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 4.6 feet. The lake covers 125 acres.

Egmont Lake

Halifax, Nova Scotia51 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

4 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1984

Phosphorus

1 µg/L

Less phosphorus than most

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

4 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

51 ha

Surface area

13 ft max depth
Limited data

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Egmont Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 1 µg/L. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 125 acres.

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Egmont Lake is a 125-acre lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 13 feet (5-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1984-09-19. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Egmont Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water13.1 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 Egmont 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 Egmont Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Egmont 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 13.1 ft. Phosphorus 1 µg/L. TSI 22.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	4m	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.	22	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

4 m

Average depth

1.4 m

Surface area

51 ha

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Nearby Lakes in Halifax

Lower Egmont Lake1 m clear0.8 miView →Cooks Lake3.9 m clear1.7 miView →Dollar Lake3 m clear5.9 miView →Lay Lake2 m clear7.6 miView →Gibraltar Lake4.8 m clear9.7 miView →Higgins Lake1.8 m clear7.3 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Egmont Lake

Where is Egmont Lake?: Egmont Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Egmont Lake?: Egmont Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 1 µg/L. Maximum depth: 13.1 ft. Surface area: 125 acres.
Is Egmont Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Egmont Lake?: Egmont Lake has a maximum depth of 13.1 feet and an average depth of 4.6 feet. The lake covers 125 acres.