Horse Shoe Lake
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NSECC publishes the water-quality measurements for Horse Shoe Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- Limited data
Horse Shoe Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2.2 µg/L.
Horse Shoe Lake is a lake in Halifax County, Nova Scotia.
Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 2006-08-23. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
What Horse Shoe Lake is good for
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- Clear water15.3 ft of visibility
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Horse Shoe 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.
Water quality measurements for Horse Shoe Lake
These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Horse Shoe 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 15.3 ft down. Phosphorus 2.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a 2.2 µg/L. TSI 31.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 4.65m | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | 2.5µg/L | Measured, not scored The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | 2.2µg/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. | 31 | Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Low nutrients, clear water. No reading is a swimming clearance.
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Where is Horse Shoe Lake?
- Horse Shoe Lake is a lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its water-quality measurements are published by NSECC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Horse Shoe Lake?
- Horse Shoe Lake in Halifax, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 4.7 m visibility. Phosphorus: 2.5 µg/L. Chlorophyll-a (algae): 2.2 µg/L.
Is Horse Shoe 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
3 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2006. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.
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NSDAF1 sample · 2006
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
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