Hunt 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 Hunt Lake?

Hunt Lake has a maximum depth of 23 feet and an average depth of 10.5 feet. The lake covers 8.2 acres.

Hunt Lake

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

Clarity

5.8 m

Clearer than most

Secchi · sampled 1972

Max depth

7 m

Bathymetric survey

Area

3 ha

Surface area

23 ft max depth
Limited data

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Hunt Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 23 ft. Surface area: 8.2 acres.

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Hunt Lake is a 8-acre lake in Queens County, Nova Scotia with a maximum depth of 23 feet (11-foot average).

Source: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change — not the EPA Water Quality Portal, last sampled 1972-08-30. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Hunt Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Clear water19 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 Hunt 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 Hunt Lake

These are the measurements NSECC publishes for Hunt 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 19 ft down. TSI 35.

Water quality readings
Measure	Reading	Where it sits
Water clarity (Secchi depth)	5.8m	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.	35	Oligotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic

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

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Lake Details

Max depth

7 m

Average depth

3.2 m

Surface area

3 ha

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Frequently asked questions about Hunt Lake

Where is Hunt Lake?: Hunt 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 Hunt Lake?: Hunt Lake in Queens, Nova Scotia has water-quality measurements published by NSECC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 5.8 m visibility. Maximum depth: 23 ft. Surface area: 8.2 acres.
Is Hunt Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Hunt Lake?: Hunt Lake has a maximum depth of 23 feet and an average depth of 10.5 feet. The lake covers 8.2 acres.