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Fitch Little Lake

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

Phosphorus
2 µg/L
Less phosphorus than most
Measured by NSECC
Max depth
3 m
Bathymetric survey
Area
16 ha
Surface area
  • 10 ft max depth
  • Limited data

Fitch Little Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 2 µg/L. Maximum depth: 9.8 ft. Surface area: 39 acres.

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Fitch Little Lake is a 39-acre lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 10 feet (7-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1984-06-12. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Fitch Little 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 Fitch Little Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Fitch Little 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 2 µg/L. TSI 14.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)No reading

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus2µg/LMeasured, 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.14Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

3 m

Average depth

2 m

Surface area

16 ha

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Where is Fitch Little Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Fitch Little Lake?

Fitch Little Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 2 µg/L. Maximum depth: 9.8 ft. Surface area: 39 acres.

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Is Fitch Little Lake safe to swim in?

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

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How deep is Fitch Little Lake?

Fitch Little Lake has a maximum depth of 9.8 feet and an average depth of 6.6 feet. The lake covers 39 acres.

Where this data comes from

1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 1984. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.

Collected and reported by

  • Lands and Forests, NSDOELands and Forests, NSDOE1 sample · 1984
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
  • 980

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