Where is Glenelg Lake?

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

How deep is Glenelg Lake?

Glenelg Lake has a maximum depth of 52.5 feet and an average depth of 6.9 feet. The lake covers 504.3 acres.

Glenelg Lake

Guysborough, Nova Scotia204 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

2 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1978

Max depth

16 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

204 ha

Surface area

53 ft max depth
Limited data

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Glenelg Lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 m visibility. Maximum depth: 52.5 ft. Surface area: 504.3 acres.

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Glenelg Lake is a 504-acre lake in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 53 feet (7-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1978-08-26. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Glenelg Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Deep water52.5 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 Glenelg 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 Glenelg Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Glenelg Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

Murky, only visible to about 6.6 ft. TSI 50.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	2m	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.	50	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

16 m

Average depth

2.1 m

Surface area

204 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Glenelg Lake

Where is Glenelg Lake?: Glenelg Lake is a lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Glenelg Lake?: Glenelg Lake in Guysborough, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2 m visibility. Maximum depth: 52.5 ft. Surface area: 504.3 acres.
Is Glenelg Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Glenelg Lake?: Glenelg Lake has a maximum depth of 52.5 feet and an average depth of 6.9 feet. The lake covers 504.3 acres.