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

How deep is Frog Lake?

Frog Lake has a maximum depth of 45.9 feet and an average depth of 5.9 feet. The lake covers 522.1 acres.

Frog Lake

Kings, Nova Scotia211 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

5.9 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1978

Max depth

14 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

211 ha

Surface area

46 ft max depth
Limited data

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Frog Lake in Kings, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.9 m visibility. Maximum depth: 45.9 ft. Surface area: 522.1 acres.

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Frog Lake is a 522-acre lake in Kings County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 46 feet (6-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1978-08-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Frog Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water19.3 ft of visibility
Deep water45.9 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 Frog 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 Frog Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Frog 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 19.3 ft down. TSI 34.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	5.87m	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.	34	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

14 m

Average depth

1.8 m

Surface area

211 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Frog Lake

Where is Frog Lake?: Frog Lake is a lake in Kings, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Frog Lake?: Frog Lake in Kings, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.9 m visibility. Maximum depth: 45.9 ft. Surface area: 522.1 acres.
Is Frog Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Frog Lake?: Frog Lake has a maximum depth of 45.9 feet and an average depth of 5.9 feet. The lake covers 522.1 acres.