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Huey Lake

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia12 haView mapDirections

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

Clarity
3.4 m
Typical for Nova Scotia
Secchi · sampled 1983
Phosphorus
3 µg/L
Typical for Nova Scotia
Measured by NSECC
Area
12 ha
Surface area
  • Limited data

Huey Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3 µg/L. Surface area: 29.7 acres.

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Huey Lake is a 30-acre lake in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1983-08-05. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Huey Lake is good for

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  • Clear water11.2 ft of visibility

Swimming conditions

No reading

Limited data

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

Whether Huey 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 Huey Lake

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

Good clarity, visible to about 11.2 ft. Phosphorus 3 µg/L. TSI 31.

Water quality readings
MeasureReadingWhere it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)3.4mMeasured, not scored

How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer.

Total phosphorus3µg/LMeasured, not scored

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.31Oligotrophic
OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Average depth

Not documented

Surface area

12 ha

The available depth estimate for Huey Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown.

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Where is Huey Lake?

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

What is the water quality of Huey Lake?

Huey Lake in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 3.4 m visibility. Phosphorus: 3 µg/L. Surface area: 29.7 acres.

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Is Huey Lake safe to swim in?

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

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How deep is Huey Lake?

The available depth estimate for Huey Lake is shallower than its measured water clarity, which cannot be right, so no depth is shown. The lake covers 29.7 acres.

Where this data comes from

2 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 1983. Retrieved from Nova Scotia open data (not the EPA Water Quality Portal) on 2026-08-16.

Collected and reported by

  • Lands and Forests, NSDOELands and Forests, NSDOE1 sample · 1983
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
  • 972

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