Where is Herring Cove Lake?

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

How deep is Herring Cove Lake?

Herring Cove Lake has a maximum depth of 26.2 feet and an average depth of 11.2 feet. The lake covers 1351.9 acres.

Herring Cove Lake

Queens, Nova Scotia547 haView map Directions

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

Clarity

2.2 m

Typical for Nova Scotia

Secchi · sampled 1998

Phosphorus

8 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Chlorophyll-a

1.3 µg/L

Typical for Nova Scotia

Measured by NSECC

Max depth

8 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

547 ha

Surface area

26 ft max depth
Limited data

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Herring Cove Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.2 m visibility. Phosphorus: 8 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.3 µg/L. Maximum depth: 26.2 ft. Surface area: 1351.9 acres.

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Herring Cove Lake is a 1,352-acre lake in Queens County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 26 feet (11-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1998-08-11. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Herring Cove Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Big water1,352 acres

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Herring Cove 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 Herring Cove Lake

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

Moderate clarity, visible to about 7.3 ft. Phosphorus 8 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 1.3 µg/L. TSI 39.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	2.23m	Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.
Total phosphorus	8µg/L	Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential.
Chlorophyll-a (algae)	1.3µg/L	Measured, 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.	39	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

8 m

Average depth

3.4 m

Surface area

547 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Herring Cove Lake

Where is Herring Cove Lake?: Herring Cove Lake is a lake in Queens, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Herring Cove Lake?: Herring Cove Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 2.2 m visibility. Phosphorus: 8 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 1.3 µg/L. Maximum depth: 26.2 ft. Surface area: 1351.9 acres.
Is Herring Cove Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Herring Cove Lake?: Herring Cove Lake has a maximum depth of 26.2 feet and an average depth of 11.2 feet. The lake covers 1351.9 acres.