Where is Forester Lake?

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

How deep is Forester Lake?

Forester Lake has a maximum depth of 55.8 feet and an average depth of 11.8 feet. The lake covers 257 acres.

Forester Lake

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia104 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

5.5 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1976

Max depth

17 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

104 ha

Surface area

56 ft max depth
Limited data

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Forester Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 55.8 ft. Surface area: 257 acres.

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Forester Lake is a 257-acre lake in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 56 feet (12-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1976-07-27. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Forester Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water18 ft of visibility
Deep water55.8 ft surveyed max depth

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Forester 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 Forester Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Forester 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. TSI 35.

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		No reading 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.	35	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

17 m

Average depth

3.6 m

Surface area

104 ha

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Nearby Lakes in Cape Breton

Scotch Lake4 m clear2.8 miView →Blacketts Lake4.6 m clear5.4 miView →Gillis Lake1.9 m clear5.6 miView →Gillies Lake3 m clear6.2 miView →Gammell Lake1.8 m clear6.5 miView →Mcinnis Lake1.9 m clear8.2 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Forester Lake

Where is Forester Lake?: Forester Lake is a lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Forester Lake?: Forester Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.5 m visibility. Maximum depth: 55.8 ft. Surface area: 257 acres.
Is Forester Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Forester Lake?: Forester Lake has a maximum depth of 55.8 feet and an average depth of 11.8 feet. The lake covers 257 acres.