Where is Handsled Lake?

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

How deep is Handsled Lake?

Handsled Lake has a maximum depth of 36.1 feet and an average depth of 12.1 feet. The lake covers 118.1 acres.

Handsled Lake

Shelburne, Nova Scotia48 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

1.6 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1974

Max depth

11 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

48 ha

Surface area

36 ft max depth
Limited data

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Handsled Lake in Shelburne, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Maximum depth: 36.1 ft. Surface area: 118.1 acres.

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Handsled Lake is a 118-acre lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 36 feet (12-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1974-06-29. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Handsled Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Deep water36.1 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 Handsled 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 Handsled Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Handsled 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 5.2 ft. TSI 53.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	1.6m	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.	53	Eutrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

High nutrients, frequent algae, reduced clarity

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Lake Details

Max depth

11 m

Average depth

3.7 m

Surface area

48 ha

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Nearby Lakes in Shelburne

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Frequently asked questions about Handsled Lake

Where is Handsled Lake?: Handsled Lake is a lake in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Handsled Lake?: Handsled Lake in Shelburne, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 1.6 m visibility. Maximum depth: 36.1 ft. Surface area: 118.1 acres.
Is Handsled Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Handsled Lake?: Handsled Lake has a maximum depth of 36.1 feet and an average depth of 12.1 feet. The lake covers 118.1 acres.