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Hen Ingram Lake

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ENV publishes the water-quality measurements for Hen Ingram Lake. Here is what has been measured.

Phosphorus
10.6 µg/L
Typical for British Columbia
Measured by ENV
Chlorophyll-a
0.6 µg/L
Less algae than most
Measured by ENV
  • Limited data

Hen Ingram Lake in Quesnel River, British Columbia has water-quality measurements published by ENV, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 10.6 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 0.6 µg/L.

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Hen Ingram Lake is a lake in Quesnel River County, British Columbia.

Source: the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parks — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2017-05-11. 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 Hen Ingram Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parks and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Hen Ingram Lake

These are the measurements ENV publishes for Hen Ingram 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 10.6 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 0.6 µg/L. TSI 32.

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 phosphorus10.6µg/LMeasured, not scored

The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.

Chlorophyll-a (algae)0.6µg/LMeasured, not scored

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.32Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Where is Hen Ingram Lake?

Hen Ingram Lake is a lake in Quesnel River, British Columbia. Its water-quality measurements are published by ENV and shown on this page as reported.

What is the water quality of Hen Ingram Lake?

Hen Ingram Lake in Quesnel River, British Columbia has water-quality measurements published by ENV, shown here as reported. Phosphorus: 10.6 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 0.6 µg/L.

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Is Hen Ingram Lake safe to swim in?

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

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Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2017. Retrieved from British Columbia EnMoDS (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-09-06.

Collected and reported by

  • British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parksenmods-bc2 samples · 2017
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
  • E301711

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